News (2019)
Argentina, 33rd country to sign Convention 108+
Today, the Ambassador of the Republic of Argentina in Paris, Mr Mario Raúl VERÓN GUERRA, signed the Protocol amending the Convention for the Protection of Individuals with regard to Processing of Personal Data in presence of the Deputy Secretary General Mrs Gabriela Battaini Dragoni. Argentina...
Colombia – A first step towards Convention 108+
On August, 28, 2019, the Head of the Information Society Department at the Council of Europe, Patrick Penninckx, participated in a meeting in Bogota with the representatives from the Colombian administrative entity responsible for ensuring compliance with the rules on protection of personal data...
1st Africa region data protection conference
The first ever Africa Data Protection and Privacy Conference was organised in Accra from 24 to 27 June, gathering the African Data Protection Network as well as numerous representatives of African countries which do not yet have data protection laws and/or authorities. The open part of the...
48th Bureau meeting of the Committee of Convention 108
The 48th Bureau meeting of the Committee of Convention 108 starts this Wednesday 25 September 2019. The meeting will be held in Paris until Friday 27 September and will gather over 30 data protection experts. Participants will discuss topical issues that have been identified by the Committee of...
49th Bureau meeting of the Committee of Convention 108
The 49th Bureau meeting of the Committee of Convention 108 will be held from this Wednesday 11 December 2019 and will run until Friday 13 December in Strasbourg. It will gather over 30 data protection experts representing States parties to Convention 108 as well as observers. Participants will...
A high level study visit on the draft law on data protection of Belarus
A high level delegation has been invited to Strasbourg to discuss the draft law on data protection of the Republic of Belarus, on 14 and 15 May. After several years of preparation, the draft law is now before the Parliament for examination. The objective of the visit is to give three...
Annual International Conference of Data protection authorities – 41st ICDPPC
On October, 21, 2019, starts the 41st International conference of data protection and privacy commissioners (ICDPPC) in Tirana, Albania. The Council of Europe Data protection Commissioner and the Secretariat will attend the conference, both the closed and open session, gathering nearly a hundred...
Armenia, 34th country to sign Convention 108+
Today, the Permanent Representative of the Republic of Armenia to the Council of Europe, Ambassador Mr. Paruyr Hovhannisyan, signed the Protocol amending the Convention for the Protection of Individuals with regard to Processing of Personal Data (STCE n° 223) in presence of the Deputy Secretary...
Belarus: Council of Europe continues its support to the future law on personal data protection
The support given by the Council of Europe to the Republic of Belarus for its future law on data protection continues. A study visit is being held at the Personal Data Protection Office of Poland (UODO) on 16 and 17 October. This visit should enable a Belarus delegation to complete its awareness...
Celebrating the first anniversary of the opening for signature of the Protocol amending Convention 108: already 34 signatures!
Today, 10th of October 2019, marks the first anniversary of the opening for signature of the Protocol amending Convention 108, which provides Convention 108+. Among the first parties to have signed, the 21 present on 10 October last year, with already on that day a non-European signature...
Convention 108 + And the future data protection global standard
On 19 November, from 9:00 to 13:00, the Council of Europe welcomes an academic conference on the topic of the modernised Convention 108 and its potential to become the future global standard on data protection. Sponsored by Computer Law and Security Review, this conference will gather, around...
Convention 108+ and the GDPR : a common DNA
The 2019 Annual Conference on Data Protection organised by the Academy of European Law (ERA) is being held in Brussels (28-29 March) and gathering 120 participants. This year’s edition started with a presentation by Sophie Kwasny, Head of the Data Protection Unit of the Council of Europe, of...
Convention 108+ and the US
Very busy week for privacy and data protection in Washington D.C., with many events, conferences, discussions happening. And out of this myriad of events, one stands to be noticed : the one on Convention 108 +. Data protection Unit was co-organising with the Future of Privacy Forum and the German...
International Conference, 12 June 2019
Convention 108+: better protecting us in the digital era
Thorbjørn Jagland, Council of Europe Secretary General and Ambassador Jean-Baptiste Mattei, Permanent Representative of France to the Council of Europe, opened an international conference,co-organised in co-operation with the French Presidency of the Council of Europe Committee of Ministers, to...
Convention 108: Welcome to Gibraltar
On 8 July, the United Kingdom had deposited a Declaration of territorial extension of the Convention for the Protection of Individuals with regard to Automatic Processing of Personal Data (ETS No 108) to the Territory of Gibraltar. Convention 108 will enter into force with respect to the...
Croatia is the second country to ratify Convention 108+!
The Council of Europe is pleased to announce the second ratification of the Protocol amending Convention 108, which provides Convention 108+. Today, 18 December 2019, the ratification instrument was deposited by Ambassador Toma Galli, Permanent Representative of Croatia to the Council of Europe,...
Data protection and digital identity Trustech2019
The Data Protection Unit will attend for the first time a global event on payments, identification and digital security to raise awareness on the right to data protection and the relevance, at global level, of Convention 108+ The Conference dedicates a specific track to privacy and data...
Data Protection at Eurodig
The European Dialogue on Internet Governance (Eurodig) is taking place in The Hague on 19-20 June 2019 having as overarching theme: “Cooperating in the Digital Age”. The Data Protection Unit is bringing its expertise on internet governance related privacy issues and is pleased to be part of a...
Data Protection Day 2019
On 28 January 2019, the 13th edition of Data Protection Day will be celebrated globally. It aims at raising awareness on the right to data protection. The Council of Europe, initiator of this important celebration, continues to play a leading role by encouraging and showcasing initiatives held on...
Data protection in the mobile world
The Mobile World Congress (MWC) is being held on 25-27 February 2019 in Barcelona. MWC is the largest mobile event in the world, bringing together the latest innovations and leading-edge technology from more than 2,400 companies, with a highly-rated conference programme assembling today’s...