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39th International Conference of Data Protection and Privacy Commissioners (“ICDPPC”)

The 39th International Conference of Data Protection and Privacy Commissioners (“ICDPPC”), is taking place from 25 to 29 September 2017 in Hong Kong. As the annual global forum for data protection authorities, the Conference seeks to provide leadership at international level in data protection and privacy and gathers more than a hundred privacy and data protection authorities from across the globe. This year the conference is attended by Jan Kleijssen, the Director of Information Society and Action against Crime and Sophie Kwasny, Head of the Data Protection Unit. Mr Kleijssen will open and sum-up the joint Council of Europe and ICANN side event “ICANN and Privacy” aimed at discussing the relevance of privacy and data protection considerations and inclusion into ICANN policies (see also leaflet).

Mr Kleijssen will also participate as a speaker in the side event “Multi-stakeholder Consultation on UNESCO Project Defining Internet Indicators” and in the open session panel “Privacy and Encryption in the Digital Age”, during which he will present the recommendations of the Council of Europe developed in connection to the balanced use of the encryption in the Digital Age.

Besides the participation in the 39th ICDPPC, Ms Kwasny will speak at the 6th Asian Privacy Scholars Network International Conference in HKU in the framework of a panel on “Global and Regional Privacy Protection Law and Standards” and  at the third edition of the “Privacy, Personality and Flows of Information” workshop which forms part of a series of conferences held under the auspices of the UN Special Rapporteur on the right to privacy.

Hong Kong 25-29 September 2017
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Conference on Convention 108 + as the global privacy standard, building a free data transfer area while preserving human dignity

Conference on Convention 108 + as the global privacy standard, building a free data transfer area while preserving human dignity

Conference on Convention 108 + as the global privacy standard, building a free data transfer area while preserving human dignity

For 40 years, the Council of Europe Convention for the Protection of Individuals with regard to Automatic Processing of Personal Data - Convention 108 – has been the only international legally binding instrument on the protection of privacy and personal data. Its modernised version, Convention 108+, helps preserving human dignity while providing an enabling and secure framework to free flow of data. Read more and listen to the views of prominent personalities.

Protecting private life

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".

Thirty 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.

Convention 108+ Convention for the protection of individuals with regard to the processing of personal data

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Handbook on European data protection law - 2018 edition

Handbook on European data protection law

The rapid development of information technology has exacerbated the need for robust personal data protection, the right to which is safeguarded by both European Union (EU) and Council of Europe (CoE) instruments. Safeguarding this important right entails new and significant challenges as technological advances expand the frontiers of areas such as surveillance, communication interception and data storage. This handbook is designed to familiarise legal practitioners not specialised in data protection with this emerging area of the law. It provides an overview of the EU’s and the CoE’s applicable legal frameworks. It also explains key case law, summarising major rulings of both the Court of Justice of the European Union and the European Court of Human Rights. In addition, it presents hypothetical scenarios that serve as practical illustrations of the diverse issues encountered in this ever-evolving field.

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