Article 29 Working Party
DPOs and the GDPR: Part 2 – Appointing a DPO
10 January 2017 - Ondrej Kramolis
In its newly published opinion, the Article 29 Working Party (WP29) provides some useful input into discussion on the nature of the role of data protection officers (DPOs) under the GDPR. This is a question which many organisations have been grappling with, as they assess who should take on this role. The WP29 considers the qualifications › Read More
DPOs and the GDPR: Part 1 – When is a DPO needed?
06 January 2017 - Catherine di Lorenzo
On 16 December 2016, the Article 29 Working Party (WP29) released highly anticipated guidelines on some of the most critical matters in the implementation of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). These guidelines are not legally binding, but local data protection authorities are likely to follow them. The WP29 does invite comment on the guidelines › Read More
Article 29 Working Party opinion on proposed amendments to adequacy decisions
19 December 2016 - Charlotte Mullarkey
The Article 29 Working Party (WP29) has published Opinion 04/2016 (the Opinion) on two European Commission draft Decisions aimed at curing the defects in the Commission determinations of the adequacy of protection (Adequacy Decisions) identified by the CJEU in Schrems. Although dated 31st October 2016, it appears to have been only published on Friday and the › Read More
EU-US Privacy Shield: Trouble Ahead?
12 April 2016 - Peter van Dyck
On 29 February, the European Commission published the draft texts that constitute the EU-US Privacy Shield. The Article 29 Working Party quickly followed this up with a press release, welcoming the publication of the EU-US Privacy Shield, but stating (somewhat ominously) that the draft texts “have to be analysed with great attention as regards the › Read More
Article 29 reserves position on EU-U.S. Privacy Shield; uncertainty for companies remains
03 February 2016 - Jane Finlayson-Brown
Following the European Commission’s announcement on 2 February 2016 that agreement had been reached with the U.S. government on a new EU-U.S. Privacy Shield, the Article 29 Working Party (the A29 WP) held a press conference on 3 February confirming that whilst they see the agreement between negotiators as a positive step, they are reserving their position as to › Read More
02 February 2016 - Nigel Parker
A press release was issued this evening by the European Commission, confirming that the European Commission and the United States have agreed on a new framework for transatlantic data flows known as the EU-US Privacy Shield. The European Commission has stated that the EU-US Privacy Shield will reflect the requirements set out by the European Court of › Read More