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  • Adoption by the Committee of Convention 108 of Guidelines on the Protection of Individuals with regard to the Processing of Personal Data by and for Political Campaigns
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    Adoption by the Committee of Convention 108 of Guidelines on the Protection of Individuals with regard to the Processing of Personal Data by and for Political Campaigns

    Strasbourg 24 November 2021
  • Vaccine pass : yes, but with strict respect of Human rights
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    Vaccine pass : yes, but with strict respect of Human rights

    Strasbourg 4 May 2021
  • Ensure that facial recognition does not harm fundamental rights
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    Ensure that facial recognition does not harm fundamental rights

    Strasbourg 28 January 2021
  • Protect children’s personal data in an education setting
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    Protect children’s personal data in an education setting

    Strasbourg 27 November 2020
  • Digital solutions to fight COVID-19 – Council of Europe report on Data Protection 2020
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    Digital solutions to fight COVID-19 – Council of Europe report on Data Protection 2020

    Strasbourg 12 October 2020
  • Saving lives, respecting data protection
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    Saving lives, respecting data protection

    Strasbourg 30 March 2020

Reports and studies

Guidelines

Opinions of the Committee of Convention 108

Statements

2021

  • Evaluation and review mechanism under Convention 108+, Process and rationale (T-PD(2018)21rev11 (T-PD(2018)21rev11)
  • Evaluation and review questionnaire (T-PD(2018)20rev11)
  • Guidelines on the Protection of Individuals with regard to the Processing of Personal Data by and for Political Campaigns 
  • Guidelines on facial recognition (T-PD(2020)03rev4)
  • Opinion on recommendation 2185 (2020) of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe “Artificial intelligence in health care: medical, legal and ethical challenges ahead"
  • Opinion of the Committee of Convention 108 on the draft second additional Protocol to the Budapest Convention
  • Interpretation of provisions: Convention 108+
  • T-PD-BUR(2021)7 - Opinion of the Bureau on the draft Recommendation of the Committee of Ministers to Member States on Electoral communication and Media Coverage of Election Campaigns
  • Report on the implications for data protection of mechanisms for inter-state exchanges of data for Anti-Money Laundering/Countering Financing of Terrorism, and tax purposes
  • T-PD(2021)2rev - Report on the Funding of Data Protection Authorities
  • Report on the Funding of Data Protection Authorities by Catherine Pozzo di Borgo (T-PD(2021)2rev)

2020

  • Report “Digital solutions to fight COVID-19”
  • Guidelines on Children’s Data Protection in an Education setting
  • Report "Children’s Data Protection in Education Systems: Challenges and Possible Remedies"
  • Joint Statement on the right to data protection in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic by Alessandra Pierucci, Chair of the Committee of Convention 108 and Jean-Philippe Walter, Data Protection Commissioner of the Council of Europe
  • Joint Statement on Digital Contact Tracing by Alessandra Pierucci, Chair of the Committee of Convention 108 and Jean-Philippe Walter, Data Protection Commissioner of the Council of Europe
  • “Better protecting individuals in the context of international data flows: the need for democratic and effective oversight of intelligence services” Joint statement by Alessandra Pierucci, Chair of the Committee of Convention 108andJean-Philippe Walter, Data Protection Commissioner of the Council of Europe
  • Profiling and Convention 108+:Report on developments after the adoption of Recommendation (2010)13 on profiling
  • Personal Data Processing by and for Political Campaigns: The Application of the Council of Europe’s Modernised Convention 108 (T-PD(2020)02Rev)
  • Digital Identities (T-PD(2020)04Rev)

2019

  • T-PD(2018)09Rev Artificial Intelligence and Data Protection: Challenges and Possible Remedies
  • T-PD(2019)01 Guidelines on Artificial Intelligence and Data Protection
  • Guidelines on artificial intelligence and data protection adopted by the Committee of the Convention for the Protection of Individuals with regards to Processing of Personal Data (Convention 108) on 25 January 2019
  • T-PD(2019)05rev Facial recognition: current situation and challenges by Sandra Azria and Frédéric Wickert
  • T-PD(2019)8FIN Opinion on the provisional text and explanatory report of the draft Second Additional Protocol to the Budapest Convention on Cybercrime (ETS 185) on direct disclosure of subscriber information and giving effect to orders from another Party for expedited production of data
  • T-PD(2019)09 opinion on the draft recommendation of the Committee of Ministers to member States on human rights impacts of algorithmic systems

2018

  • T-PD(2018)01 The Practical Guide on the use of personal data in the police sector
  • T-PD(2018)05 Compilation of opinions
  • T-PD(2018)13rev Opinion on the Compatibility of the ICDPPC Arrangement (including its schedule) with Convention 108+
  • Guidelines on Safeguarding Privacy in the Media
  • T-PD(2018)19 Opinion on the request for accession by the Republic of Kazakhstan
  • Privacy and Data Protection Principles Guide for ICANN related Data Processing
  • T-PD(2018)09Rev Artificial Intelligence and Data Protection: Challenges and Possible Remedies

2017

  • T-PD(2017)1 - Big Data Guidelines
  • T-PD(2017)07Bil Compilation of opinions
  • T-PD(2017)12 - Opinion on the request for accession by Argentina
  • T-PD(2017)17 Opinion on the request for accession by The United Mexican States

2016

  • T-PD(2016)18rev - Opinion on the Data protection implications of the processing of Passenger Name Records
  • T-PD(2016)11Mos - Compilation of reports of T-PD representatives in other committees and fora as well as other events and conferences
  • T-PD(2016)17 - Compilation of opinions (mass surveillance, accession by Cape Verde, accession by Tunisia)
  • T-PD(2016)21 - Opinion on the request for accession by Burkina Faso

2015

  • T-PD(2015)01Bil - Compilation of opinions (mass surveillance, accession of Tunisia)
  • T-PD(2015)03Mos - Compilation of reports of T-PD representatives in other committees and fora as well as other events and conferences
  • T-PD(2015)7 - Introductory Report for updating Recommendation R(97)5 of the Council of Europe on the protection of medical data (by Jeanne Bossi Malafosse)
  • T-PD(2015)11 - Passenger Name Records, data mining & data protection: the need for strong safeguards (by Douwe Korff, Marie Georges)
  • T-PD-BUR(2015)09Rev - “Of Data and Men” - Fundamental rights and freedoms in a world of Big Data (by Antoinette Rouvroy)

2014

  • Progress report on the application of the principles of Convention 108 to the collection and processing of biometric data
  • Report ICANN and Human Rights - "ICANN’s procedures and policies in the light of human rights, fundamental freedoms and democratic values"
  • T-PD(2014)06 - Opinion on the recommendation 2041 (2014) of the parliamentary assembly of the Council of Europe "Improving user protection and security in cyberspace"
  • T-PD(2014)05 - Opinion on the implications for data protection of mechanisms for automatic inter-state exchanges of data for administrative and tax purposes
  • T-PD(2014)04Mos - Information on the recent developments at national level in the data protection field
  • T-PD(2014)04Mos Addendum - Compilation of comments on the draft revised recommendation on the protection of personal data used for employment purposes - Addendum
  • T-PD(2014)03 - Compilation of comments on the draft revised recommendation on the protection of personal data used for employment purposes
  • T-PD(2014)02 - Memorandum by the Secretariat concerning elections
  • T-PD(2014)01Bil - Compilation of Opinions
  • T-PD(2014)WP_Rev - Work programme of the T-PD for 2014 and 2015
  • T-PD-BUR(2014)04Rev - Medical technologies and data protection issues - food for thought
  • T-PD-BUR(2014)03 - Opinion on the Draft Recommendation on the use for insurance purposes of personal health-related information, in particular information of a genetic and predictive nature
  • T-PD-BUR(2014)01 - 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 (by Caroline Porasso and Benjamin Aouizerat)

2013

  • T-PD(2013)11 - Recommendation R(87)15 - Twenty-five years down the line (by Joseph A. Cannataci and Mireille Caruana)
  • T-PD(2013)07Rev - The use of the Internet & related services, private life & data protection: trends & technologies, threats & implications (by Prof. Douwe Korff)
  • T-PD(2013)08 - Nanotechnology, ubiquitous computing and the Internet of things : Challenges to Rights to Privacy and Data Protection (by Georgia Miller & Matthew Kearnes)
  • T-PD(2013)12 - Opinion on the recommendation 2024 (2013) on national security and access to information
  • T-PD(2013)10Rev - Opinion further to a DH-BIO request concerning the on-going revision of recommendation (2006) 4 on research on biological materials of human origin
  • T-PD(2013)09MosRev - Draft recommendation on the protection of personal data used for employment purposes
  • T-PD(2013)06 - Progress report on the application of the principles of Convention 108 to the collection and processing of biometric data (Prof. Dr. Paul de Hert & Koen Christianen LLM BSc)
  • T-PD(2013)05Rev - Draft Recommendation on the protection of personal data used for employment purposes
  • T-PD(2013)03Mos - Information on the recent developments at national level in the data protection field
  • T-PD(2013)03Mos Addendum - Information on the recent developments at national level in the data protection field - Addendum
  • T-PD(2013)02 - Compilation of opinions
  • T-PD(2013)01Mos - Compilation of reports of T-PD representatives in other committees and fora as well as other events and conferences
  • T-PD-BUR(2013)02Rev5 - Information elements on the evaluation and follow-up mechanism
  • T-PD-BUR(2013)01Rev - Draft terms of reference of the Ad hoc Committee on Data Protection

2012

  • T-PD(2012)13 - Observers - State of play and admission criteria
  • T-PD(2012)11Mos - Modernisation of Convention 108: modernisation proposals
  • T-PD(2012)11 Mos Addendum - Modernisation of Convention 108: latest modernisation proposals (Addendum)
  • T-PD(2012)10 - Memorandum on introducing the concept of jurisdiction into Article 1 of Convention 108
  • T-PD(2012)4Rev4_en - Final document on the modernisation of Convention 108
  • T-PD(2012)Inf - Cooperation with other Council of Europe bodies
  • T-PD (2012)02Mos_Rev - Information on the recent developments at national level in the data protection field
  • T-PD-BUR(2012)03Mos - Compilation of delegations' proposals (bilingual document)
  • T-PD-BUR(2012)01Rev2 - Modernisation of Convention 108 : new proposals
  • T-PD-BUR(2012)01Rev - Modernisation of Convention 108 : proposals
  • T-PD-BUR(2012)01 - Modernisation of Convention 108 : proposals

2011

  • Processing of Personal Data in the Criminal Justice sector – Questionnaire (by Joseph A. Cannataci and Mireille Caruana)
  • T-PD BUR (2011) 01 - Compilation of comments received on the consultation on the modernisation of Convention 108
  • T-PD BUR (2011) 02 Rev - Compilation of comments received from the T-PD on the report on Recommendation No. R(89) 2 of 18 January 1989 regulating the use of personal data used for employment purposes
  • T-PD BUR (2011) 03 Prov - Draft opinion of the T-PD Bureau on the CODEXTER report on “false identity information as a challenge to immigration authorities”
  • T-PD BUR (2011) 04 - Processing of Personal Data in the Criminal Justice sector: Interview Schedule
  • T-PD BUR (2011) 05 Prov - Draft opinions of the T-PD Bureau on the draft texts prepared by the Committee of Experts on New Media (MC-NM) on social networking
  • T-PD BUR (2011) 06 Prov - Draft opinions of the T-PD Bureau on the draft texts prepared by the Committee of Experts on New Media (MC-NM) on search engines
  • T-PD BUR (2011) 07 Prov - Draft Recommendation regulating the use of personal data used for employment purposes
  • T-PD BUR (2011) 07Prov2 - Draft Recommendation on the protection of personal data used for employment purposes
  • T-PD BUR (2011) 08 - Opinion on Uruguay's request to be invited to accede to Convention 108 and its additional Protocol
  • T-PD BUR (2011) 09 MOS - Compilation of relevant national legislation in personal data protection used for employment purposes
  • T-PD BUR (2011) 10 - Report on the consultation on the modernisation of Convention 108 for the protection of individuals with regard to automatic processing of personal data
  • T-PD BUR (2011) 11 MOS - Compilation of comments received from the T-PD Bureau on the draft texts prepared by the Committee of Experts on New Media (MC-NM) on social networking
  • T-PD BUR (2011) 12 MOS - Compilation of comments received from the T-PD Bureau on the draft texts prepared by the Committee of Experts on New Media (MC-NM) for search engine providers
  • T-PD BUR (2011) 13 - Draft opinion of the T-PD Bureau on the Recommendation (1960) of the Council of Europe Parliamentary Assembly on the need for a global consideration of the human rights implications of biometrics
  • T-PD BUR (2011) 14 - Reply of the T-PD Bureau to the questionnaire for reviewing the OECD guidelines governing the protection of privacy and transborder flows of personal data
  • T-PD BUR (2011) 14 - Revision of the OECD Guidelines governing the protection of privacy and transborder flows of personal data
  • T-PD BUR (2011) 15 Prov - Secretariat Note on modalities' amendment for the Council of Europe treaties
  • T-PD BUR (2011) 16Rev MOS - Compilation of reports of T-PD representatives in other committees and fora as well as other events and conferences (nov.2011)
  • T-PD BUR (2011) 19 - Modernisation of Convention 108: proposals
  • T-PD-BUR (2011) 21 MOS - Compilation of comments received on the draft Recommendation on the protection of personal data used for employment purposes
  • T-PD-BUR (2011) 22 MOS - Compilation of comments received on the draft consultation document on predictivity, genetic testing and insurance CDBI(2011)7
  • T-PD-BUR (2011) 23 - Observers - State of play and admission criteria
  • T-PD-BUR (2011) 25 - Comments on the strengthening of the Convention’s follow-up mechanism

2010

  • T-PD-BUR(2010)13Rev - Report on the modalities and mechanisms for assessing implementation and follow-up of the Convention for the Protection of Individuals with regard to Automatic Processing of Personal Data (ETS No. 108) and its Additional Protocol (by Marie Georges)
  • T-PD-BUR(2010)09 - Report en the lacunae of the Convention for the protection of individuals with regard to automatic processing of personal data (ETS No 108) resulting from technological developments (French only) (by Jean-Marc Dinant, Cécile de Terwangne, Jean-Marc Moiny, Yves Poullet, Jean-Marc Van Gyzeghem and the CRID)
  • T-PD-BUR(2010)12 - Report on the Committee of Ministers Recommendation No. R(87) 15 of 17 September 1987 regulating the use of personal data in the police sector (by Joseph A. Cannataci)
  • T-PD-BUR(2010)11 - Report on the Recommendation No. R(89)2 of 18 January 1989 regulating the use of personal data used for employment purposes (by Giovanni Butarelli)

2009

  • T-PD-BUR (2009) 02 rev 6 - Draft Recommendation on the protection of individuals with regard to automatic processing of personal data in the framework of profiling
  • T-PD-BUR (2009) 02 rev 5 - Draft Recommendation on the protection of individuals with regard to automatic processing of personal data in the framework of profiling
  • T-PD-BUR (2009) 02 rev 4 - Draft Recommendation on the protection of individuals with regard to automatic processing of personal data in the framework of profiling

2008

  • Report on the application of Convention 108 to the profiling mechanism (by Jean-Marc Dinant, Yves Poullet and the CRID)

2005

  • Progress report on the application of the principles of Convention 108 to the collection and processing of biometric data, prepared by the Consultative Committee of the Convention for the Protection of Individuals with regard to Automatic Processing of Personal Data (T-PD)

2004

  • Report on the application of data protection principles to the worldwide telecommunication networks (by Yves POULLET and the CRID)
  • Guiding principles for the protection of personal data with regard to smart cards, prepared by the Project Group on Data Protection (CJ PD)

2003

  • Report containing guiding principles for the protection of individuals with regard to the collection and processing of data by means of video surveillance, prepared by the Project Group on Data Protection (CJ PD)

2002

  • Guide to the preparation of contractual clauses governing data protection during the transfer of personal data to third parties not bound by an adequate level of data protection, prepared by the Consultative Committee of the Convention for the Protection of Individuals with regard to Automatic Processing of Personal Data (T-PD)
  • Report on the Impact of Data Protection Principles on Judicial Data in Criminal Matters including in the framework of Judicial Co operation in Criminal Matters, prepared by the Project Group on Data Protection (CJ PD)
  • Third evaluation of Recommendation N° R (87) 15 regulating the use of personal data in the police sector, prepared by the Project Group on Data Protection (CJ PD)

2001

  • Report on the protection of personal data with regard to the use of smart cards (by Karel NEUWIRT)
  • Study contracts involving the transfer of personal data between Parties to Convention Ets 108 and third countries not providing an adequate level of protection (by Jérôme HUET)

2000

  • Protection of personal data with regard to surveillance and Guiding principles for the protection of individuals with regard to the collection and processing of data by means of video surveillance (by Giovanni BUTTARELLI)

1999

  • Revisiting Sensitive Data (by Spiros SIMITIS)

1998

  • Second evaluation of the relevance of Recommendation No. R (87) 15 regulating the use of personal data in the police sector, prepared by the Project Group on Data Protection (CJ PD)

1994

  • First evaluation of the relevance of Recommendation No. R (87) 15 regulating the use of personal data in the police sector, prepared by the Project Group on Data Protection (CJ PD)

1992

  • Model contract to ensure equivalent protection in the context of transborder data flows with explanatory report - Study made jointly by the Council of Europe, the Commission of the European Communities and International Chamber of Commerce

1991

  • The introduction and use of personal identification numbers: the data protection issues - Study prepared by the Committee of experts on data protection (CJ-PD) under the authority of the European Committee on Legal Co-operation (CDCJ)

1990

  • Data protection and media - Study prepared by the Committee of experts on data protection (CJ-PD) under the authority of the European Committee on Legal Co-operation (CDCJ)

1989

  • New technologies: a challenge to privacy protection? - Study prepared by the Committee of experts on data protection (CJ-PD) under the authority of the European Committee on Legal Co-operation (CDCJ)

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