Data Protection

Convention & Protocol
Modernisation

 

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Strasbourg, 15.05.2013

The Russian Federation ratified the Convention for the Protection of Individuals with regard to automatic processing of personal data. The treaty will enter into force for that country on 1 September 2013. Russia is the 46th state to become party to Convention 108.

Georgia signed the additional Protocol to the Convention regarding supervisory authorities and transborder data flows.

Previously

  • Uruguay becomes the first non-European state to accede to personal data protection “Convention 108” (more...)
  • Invitation of the Kingdom of Morocco to accede to Convention 108
    On 30 January 2013, during the 1160th meeting of the Ministers' Deputies, the Kingdom of Morocco has been invited to accede to the Convention for the Protection of Individuals with regard to Automatic Processing of Personal Data (ETS No. 108).
    This follows a letter expressing to the Secretary General the interest of the Kingdom of Morocco to be invited to become a Party to several Council of Europe conventions, including Convention 108.
  • 29th T-PD Bureau meeting (Strasbourg, 5-7 February 2013)
  • Data Protection Day (28 01 2013)
    The Council of Europe is today celebrating Data Protection Day (more)
  • Modernisation Proposals adopted by the 29th Plenary meeting
  • 29th T-PD plenary meeting (Strasbourg, 27-30 November 2012)
  • Beyond: Is your personal data under your control?
    See and download the video

Data Protection

You go somewhere, you buy something, you apply for a job, you pay your bills : you live ... and at each of those moments of your life, your personal information is used, collected, processed. In order to protect your right to private life, with regard to the automatic processing of your personal data, the Council of Europe elaborated the "Convention for the Protection of Individuals with regard to Automatic Processing of Personal Data".

30 years after its entry into force, this Convention still remains the only binding international legal instrument in the field, with a potential worldwide scope of application.