Abridged report of the 31st Plenary meeting (2-4 June 2014)

T-PD’s rules of procedure

4. Modernisation of Convention 108

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

• Draft Explanatory Report of the modernised version of Convention 108

Abridged report of the 3rd CAHDATA meeting (1-3 December 2014)

• Recommendation CM(2015)40

5. 32nd Plenary Meeting

Required action: The Bureau will examine and finalise the draft agenda of the 32nd Plenary meeting.

6. Work Programme 2016 - 2017

Required action: The Bureau will make proposals on priorities for the next biennium 2016 – 2017

Draft Work programme 2016-2017

7. Big data

Scientific Expert: Ms Antoinette Rouvroy, Professor at Namur University

Required action: The Bureau will take note of the information provided by the expert and will hold an exchange of views with her.

8. Protection of medical data

Required action: The Bureau will take note of the information provided by the Secretariat and will discuss the follow-up.

9. Data Protection and Police

Required action: The Bureau will take note of the information provided by the Secretariat and will discuss the follow-up.

• PNR: Press Release Issued by the Article 29 Data Protection Working Party
• Opinion 7/2010 on the European Commission's Communication on the global approach to transfers of Passenger Name Record (PNR) data to third countries

Recommendation (87)15 – “Twenty-five years down the line”: Final Report

10. Automatic Exchange of Data

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

• Statement of the WP29 of 4 February 2015 on automatic inter-state exchanges of personal data for tax purposes
• Directive 2014/107/UE of the Council of 9 December 2014 amending Directive 2011/16/EU as regards mandatory automatic exchange of information in the field of taxation

Opinion on the implications for data protection of mechanisms for automatic inter-state exchanges of data for administrative and tax purposes

11. ICANN

Scientific Expert: Ms. Monika Zalnieriute, Fellow at the Centre for Internet & Human Rights European University Viadrina, Germany

Required action: The Bureau will take note of the information provided by the expert and will discuss the follow-up

• Report: ICANN’s procedures and policies in the light of human rights, fundamental freedoms and democratic values (see also her report of ICANN52 – document T-PD(2015)03Mos under item 13 of the agenda)

12. Cooperation with other Council of Europe Bodies

Required action: The Bureau will take note of the information provided by the Secretariat and decide on any necessary follow up

• Steering Committee on Media and Information Society (CDMSI)
  • Recommendation CM/Rec(2015) of the Committee of Ministers to member States on the processing of personal data in the context of employment – Draft Explanatory Memorandum 
  • Draft Recommendation CM/Rec(2015) of the Committee of Ministers to member States on protecting and promoting the right to freedom of expression and the right to private life with regard to network neutrality 
  • Draft Recommendation CM/Rec(2015) of the Committee of Ministers to member States on free transboundary flow of information on the Internet
• Cybercrime Committee (T-CY)
  • Response of the Secretary of the T-CY to the letter of the Chair of the T-PD and Article 29 WP sent to the Cybercrime Committee of the Council of Europe in relation to the scenarios on transborder access to personal data 
    • T-CY(2015)_WP29 reply New ! 20 March 2015
  • Letter of the Chair of the T-PD and Article 29 WP sent to the Cybercrime Committee of the Council of Europe in relation to the scenarios on transborder access to personal data (Including draft Guidance Note on Article 32 and draft Terms of Reference of a “Cloud evidence group”
  • Transborder access to data and jurisdiction: Options for further action by the T-CY
  • Octopus conference 2015 (17-19 juin)
• Bioethics Committee (DH-Bio)
  • Information note of the DH-Bio Secretariat
• Enlarged Partial Agreement on Sport (EPAS) – Sport Conventions Division
  • Handbook about exchange of information
• CODEXTER
  • Preliminary draft for an Additional Protocol to the Council of Europe Convention on the Prevention of Terrorism New! 20 March 2015
• CDCJ
  • Preliminary draft recommendation on the legal regulation of lobbying activities in the context of public decision-making

13. Overview of activities and major developments in the field of data protection

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

• Joint statement of the European Data Protection Authorities Assembled in the Article 29 working party

14. Opinion

Required action: The Bureau will revise the draft opinion in the light of the comments received and will finalise it.

15. Cooperation Projects

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

• Information Document (T-PD-BUR(2015)01) – CoE cooperation projects in the data protection field New! 20 March 2015

16. Data Protection Commissioner

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

17. Observers

Required action: The Bureau will take note of the information provided by the observers