On January 24, 2018, the European Commission issued a communication to the European Parliament and the Council on the direct application of the EU GDPR.
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Progress on Draft ePrivacy Regulation – EU Council Publishes Proposed Amendments
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On September 8, 2017, the Council of the European Union published its proposed revisions to the draft E-Privacy Regulation, which have been made based on written comments and discussions involving the Working Party for Telecommunications and Information Society and serve as a discussion for further meetings of the group in late September 2017. …
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EU Council Accelerates the Process for Adoption of the EU General Data Protection Regulation
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On April 8, 2016, the Council of the European Union will adopt its position on the General Data Protection Regulation. The adoption of the Council’s position was initially planned for a vote on April 21, 2016, during the next Justice and Home Affairs Council, but the Council of the European Union has decided to expedite the process for adoption by using the “written procedure,” which is an exceptional procedure that does not include public deliberation.…
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EU Council to Adopt Position at First Reading on the EU General Data Protection Regulation
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On March 17, 2016, the Council of the European Union published a Draft Statement regarding the Council’s position at first reading with respect to the adoption of the EU General Data Protection Regulation. The statement follows a political agreement on the draft GDPR reached by the Council on February 12, 2016.…
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The EU General Data Protection Regulation
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On December 17, 2015, after three years of drafting and negotiations, the European Parliament and Council of the European Union reached an informal agreement on the final draft of the EU General Data Protection Regulation, which is backed by the Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs.…
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EDPS Issues Opinion and Launches Regulation App for Mobile Devices
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On July 27, 2015, Giovanni Buttarelli, the European Data Protection Supervisor, published Opinion 3/2015 on the reform of Europe’s data protection laws, intended to “assist the participants in the trilogue in reaching the right consensus on time.”…
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Article 29 Working Party Publishes Its Position on the Proposed EU General Data Protection Regulation
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On June 18, 2015, the Article 29 Working Party published an opinion setting out the Working Party’s views on a range of core topics in the proposed EU General Data Protection Regulation.…
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Council of the European Union Agrees on General Approach to the Proposed General Data Protection Regulation
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The Council of the European Union has agreed on a general approach to the proposed EU General Data Protection Regulation. This marks the end of the Council’s internal negotiations and the start of the “trilogue” negotiations between the Council, the European Parliament and the European Commission.…
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EU General Data Protection Regulation: Timetable for Trilogue Discussions
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On June 1, 2015, the Group of the European People’s Party released an updated timetable for agreeing on the General Data Protection Regulation.…
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European Parliament Announces New European Data Protection Supervisor
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The European Parliament has announced that the former head of the Italian Data Protection Authority, Giovanni Buttarelli, will be appointed as the new European Data Protection Supervisor, and Polish regulator Wojciech Wiewiórowski will be his deputy.…
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