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Belarus works on improvement of data protection legislation

A one-day International seminar on "Improvement of legal regulation on data Protection of Belarus” was organised  within the framework of the Council of Europe / European Union Joint Project “Enhance the right to data protection”, implemented  under the CoE / EU Programme Partnership for Good Governance (PGG) on 19 September 2017 in Minsk.

 

The objective of the seminar was to present to and discuss with representatives of all national administrations concerned the expert analysis of a Concept paper for a draft law on data protection, in the Republic of Belarus. In presence of the Director of the National Centre of Legislation and Legal Research of the Republic of Belarus, Vadim Ipatov, and of its Deputy-Director, Vladimir Jevniak, the project of the future law was introduced. A particular emphasis was put on the current legal situation that led to the project of a new law and the need for Belarus legislation on data protection to be in line with international standards, among which the Council of Europe Convention 108 and the EU General Data Protection Regulation. Council of Europe experts, authors of an analysis on the concept, Ms Marie Georges and Mr Hansjürgen Garstka, answered a broad range of questions from the participants, thus clarifying important principles, concepts and terminology. Very interesting exchanges were held between them and participants, in particular on the organisation, operation and possible funding of a future data protection structure to be put in place.

The draft law will then be developed in the course of 2018.

Minsk 19 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.

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Handbook on European data protection law - 2018 edition

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