40th Anniversary of data protection Convention 108

 

Data Protection Day 2021 will be held online on 28 January 2021 to notably celebrate this year the 40th Anniversary of the data protection Convention 108 with African privacy and data protection stakeholders.

African regulators and civil society representatives will inform the participants on latest developments at national, regional and international level and will touch upon the advantages of Convention 108 for African countries. The evolution of Convention 108 into the ‘modernised’ Convention 108+ adds a new dimension to international data flows and cooperation between data protection authorities, and will also be addressed.

Speakers will share about the jurisdictional updates and discuss the following questions:

What advantages (or disadvantages) would involvement in the Convention bring?

What does the Convention mean in a post Schrems II era for relationships between the EU (and the GDPR) and African countries?

How could Convention 108 contribute to relationships between African countries and how does it relate to other regional frameworks on data protection?

12:00 am-01:30 pm (CET) 28 January 2021

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Opening remarks

Sophie Kwasny (Head of the Data protection Unit, Council of Europe)

Sophie Kwasny (Head of the Data protection Unit, Council of Europe)

Sophie Kwasny (Head of the Data protection Unit, Council of Europe)
Frans Viljoen (Professor of International Human Rights Law and Director of the Centre for Human Rights)

Frans Viljoen (Professor of International Human Rights Law and Director of the Centre for Human Rights)

Frans Viljoen (Professor of International Human Rights Law and Director of the Centre for Human Rights)

Moderators

Hlengiwe Dube (Manager of the Unit on Expression, Information and Digital Rights, Centre for Human Rights)

Hlengiwe Dube (Manager of the Unit on Expression, Information and Digital Rights, Centre for Human Rights)

Hlengiwe Dube (Manager of the Unit on Expression, Information and Digital Rights, Centre for Human Rights)
Pat Walshe (Executive Director, Privacy Matters)

Pat Walshe (Executive Director, Privacy Matters)

Pat Walshe (Executive Director, Privacy Matters)

Speakers

Patricia Adusei Poku (Ghana, Executive Director of the Data protection Commission)

Patricia Adusei Poku (Ghana, Executive Director of the Data protection Commission)

Patricia Adusei Poku (Ghana, Executive Director of the Data protection Commission)
Immaculate Kassait (Kenya, Data Protection Commissioner)

Immaculate Kassait (Kenya, Data Protection Commissioner)

Immaculate Kassait (Kenya, Data Protection Commissioner)
Drudeisha Madhub (Mauritius, Privacy Commissioner)

Drudeisha Madhub (Mauritius, Privacy Commissioner)

Drudeisha Madhub (Mauritius, Privacy Commissioner)
Omar Seghrouchni (Morocco, Data protection and Access to information Commissioner and Secretary general of the African network of Data protection authorities)

Omar Seghrouchni (Morocco, Data protection and Access to information Commissioner and Secretary general of the African network of Data protection authorities)

Omar Seghrouchni (Morocco, Data protection and Access to information Commissioner and Secretary general of the African network of Data protection authorities)
Sizwe Snail (South Africa, Commissioner of the Information Regulator)

Sizwe Snail (South Africa, Commissioner of the Information Regulator)

Sizwe Snail (South Africa, Commissioner of the Information Regulator)

Q&A session

  • To submit questions in advance, please contact us at data.protection[at]coe.int.
  • Questions will be accepted live during the event via the online platform Q&A feature.