On 19 October 2023, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary Harry Alex Rusz, Permanent Representative of Hungary to the Council of Europe, deposited the instrument of ratification of Convention 108+ in the presence of Deputy Secretary General Bjørn Berge.
With this 30th ratification, only 8 ratifications remain before the treaty enters into force.
The Protocol amending the Convention for the protection of individuals with regard to automatic processing of personal data (CETS n° 223), known as Convention 108+, aims to modernise and improve the Convention 108, the only binding international instrument with global relevance in this field.
It addresses the new challenges to the protection of privacy resulting from the use of new information and communication technologies having emerged since the opening for signature of the convention in 1981.
The modernisation of the Convention for the Protection of Individuals with regard to Automatic Processing of Personal Data, the only existing legally binding international treaty with global relevance in this field, addresses the challenges to privacy resulting from the use of new information and communication technologies, and strengthens the convention’s mechanism to ensure its effective implementation.
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