In the April plenary section, the European Data Protection Board has adopted opinions on the decision’s projects of the adequacy of the personal data protection in United Kingdom. In addition, the personal data protection Authority has published guidelines in order to clarify the application of the article 65, paragraph 1, letter a) of the General Data Protection Regulation in accordance to the resolution procedure of the controversial of the certification Authority. The Council has adopted the final version of a guideline on users of social media and has formulated an opinion on international agreement of data transference.
The European Data Protection Board has expressed its opinion on decision project of equality
The Board has issued two opinion on the so-called adequacy decisions of equity of the British data protection level drawn up by the European Commission according to the General Data Protection Regulation and the Directive on Criminal personal data protection.
The equity decision of the European Commission will constitute the main basis from the personal data transference from the EEA to the United Kingdom.
In its opinions, the Data Protection Authority recalls the attention on the idea that there are some fundamental similarities and for many reason similarities among legislations and practices on personal data protection of the European Union and the United Kingdom.
The personal data protection detects that the British legal framework on personal data protection is based on the European personal data protection right and that the United Kingdom has taken in account the General Data Protection Regulation and the Directive on Criminal Data Protection in its personal data disposals.
The EDPS is pleased to welcome the decision of the European Commission to limit the adequacy of the level of personal data protection to guarantee in time and its intention to follow closely the evolution of the British legislation. The opinions also highlight issues that still need to be assessed. Issues that need to be clarified include restrictions on future UK decisions and international agreements, mass checks and independent control of automated processing equipment.
Guideline to the dispute settlement procedure for the round and final consultation on social media
The new draft guidelines of the European Data Protection Board clarifies the dispute settlement procedure of the Data Protection Committee as defined in Article 65, paragraph 1, point a) of the Data Protection Regulation. The Data Protection Committee shall deal with the matter in a dispute settlement procedure and issue its binding decision in cases where the lead supervisory authority does not accept the relevant and reasoned objections raised by the supervisory authorities participants in the draft decision.
In particular, the Guide clarifies the application of the provisions of the General Data Protection Regulation, the powers of the Data Protection Board to reach a binding decision on dispute settlement and the main steps of the procedure.
The final version of the guide on targeting social media users was adopted following a public consultation. The purpose of the guide is to clarify the duties and responsibilities of social media providers and targeted registrars The wording has been updated in the final version of the guide based on the feedback received from the consultation.
The Data Protection Authority also issued an opinion on international agreements on transfers of data, in which it invited EU Member States to assess and, if necessary, review their international agreements involving international transfers of personal data.
If necessary, the arrangements should be updated to comply with EU data protection legislation. The call applies to agreements under the General Data Protection Regulation concluded before 24 May 2016 and to agreements concluded before 6 May 2016 under the Data Protection Directive in criminal matters.
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