T-PD’s rules of procedure

• Work programme 2014-2015

2. Adoption of the agenda

3. Statement by the Secretariat

Mr Jan Kleijssen, Director Information Society and Action against Crime Directorate, Directorate General Human Rights and Rule of Law – DG I.

4. Modernisation of Convention 108

Required action: The Committee will take note of the work of the CAHDATA, of the revised draft explanatory report, as well as of the information elements on the evaluation and follow-up mechanism and will examine the structure of the related questionnaire.

Scientific expert: Ms Cécile de Terwangne, Professor Law Faculty, Namur University (FUNDP), CRIDS Research Director

5. Data used for employment purposes

Required action: The Committee will finalise the revised draft of the Recommendation in order to transmit it to the CDMSI.

6. Data Protection and Police

Required action: The Committee will take note of the information presented and will decide on the follow-up to be given

Recommendation No. R (87)15 – “Twenty-five years down the line: Final Report”

7. Recommendation on medical data

Required action: The Committee will take note of the information presented.

• Questionnaire
• Background document
• Recommendation No. R (97) 5 on the protection of medical data

8. Experts’ Report on automatic exchanges of personal data

Required action: The Committee will take note of the report prepared by the scientific experts and will decide on the necessary follow-up.

Scientific Experts: Ms Caroline Porasso and Mr Benjamin Aouizerat

Report on the implications for data protection of the growing use of mechanisms for automatic inter-state exchanges of personal data for administrative and tax purposes, as well as in connection with money laundering, financing of terrorism and corruption

Draft opinion (see item XIII)

9. Big data

Required action: The Committee will take note of the presentation made by the scientific expert, will hold an exchange of views and will decide on the necessary follow-up.

Scientific Expert: Mr Bertil Cottier, Professor, University of Lugano

10. Overview of activities and major developments in the field of data protection since the last plenary meeting

Required action: The Committee will take note of the information presented and will hold an exchange of views.

Handbook on European Data Protection

European Conference of Data Protection authorities (Strasbourg, 5 June 2014)

Information on the recent developments at national level in the data protection field

11. Data Protection Day

Required action: The Committee will take note of the information provided by the Secretariat.

12. Cooperation with other Council of Europe Bodies

Required action: The Committee will take note of the information provided.

• Steering Committee on Media and Information Society (CDMSI)
  • Recommendation on a Guide to human rights for Internet users and explanatory memorandum
• Cybercrime Committee (T-CY)
• Enlarged Partial Agreement on Sport (EPAS) – Sport Conventions Division
  • Draft Convention against the manipulation of sport competitions and draft explanatory report
• Committee on Bioethics (DH-BIO)
  • DH-BIO/INF (2014) 3 - Working document on research on biological materials of human origin 
  • Major developments in the field of Bioethics since the last Plenary meeting of November 2013
  • Study on scientific developments in this field, prepared by the Rathenau Instituut (Netherlands), published in April 2014. 
  • Draft Recommendation on the use of predictive health-related data for insurance purposes and related opinion (see item XIII)
• PACE
  • Resolution 1986(2014) and Recommendation No. R 2041 (2014):” Improving user protection and security in cyberspace”
  • Resolution 1970 (2014) and Recommendation No. R 2033 (2014): “Internet and politics: the impact of new information and communication technology on democracy”
  • Introductory memorandum on Mass surveillance and the protection of whistle blowers by Mr Pieter Omtzigt, Rapporteur
• CODEXTER
  • Sub-group on special investigation techniques – discussion paper

13. Opinions

Required action: The Committee will examine the draft opinions submitted for adoption and will take note of the compilation of opinions.

Draft opinion – PACE Recommendation No. R 2041 (2014) – “Improving user protection and security in cyberspace”

Compilation of opinions

14. Observers

Required action: The Committee will take note of the information provided by the observers and will examine the request for observer status made by the International Committee of the Red Cross

15. Data Protection Commissioner

Required action: The Committee will take note of the information provided by the Council of Europe Data Protection Commissioner and will take the necessary actions regarding the forthcoming term 2015-2017.

• Secretary General’s Regulation

16. Contact points and national information

Required action: The Committee will take note of the information provided by the Secretariat concerning the joint OECD-APEC-Council of Europe list of contact points and the Council of Europe web site.

17. Next meetings

Required action: The Committee will take note of the proposed dates for the next meetings of the Bureau and for the Plenary meeting of the T-PD in 2015.

18. Elections

Required action: The Committee will proceed to the election for two years of one Chair, two vice-Chairs and four Bureau members.