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NEWS AND EVENTS
On this page you will find the news and events concerning privacy protection and data protection activities
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The 12th Meeting of the Central and Eastern Europe Data Protection Commissioners, hosted by the Inspector General for Personal Data Protection, took place on 17- 20 May 2010 in the Polish seaside resort of Sopot. For the first time, the meeting was attended by delegations from Albania and Moldova.
During the Meeting, the new participants presented the national data protection legislation as well as the role and operation of data protection authorities they represented. Other participants presented the most important events which took place in their respective countries after the last Meeting in 2009.
Sessions held during the Meeting concentrated on data protection in employment relationships and on the challenges posed by the rapid evolution of electronic media. Furthermore, new possibilities for cooperation between data protection authorities of Central and Eastern Europe with regard to new challenges to data protection were presented.
Two declarations were adopted during the meeting:
The first one concerned further cooperation and support for the new members of the Group. The declaration expressed satisfaction with the participation of Albania and Moldova and invited newly created authorities from other countries, where the works on data protection legislation are just beginning, to cooperate.
The second one referred to the works on amending the Directive 95/46/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council on the protection of individuals with regard to the processing of personal data and on the free movement of such data. The data protection commissioners declared a will to participate in the works on the new regulatory framework for personal data protection in the European Union.
It has also been decided that the next Meeting of the Central and Eastern Europe Data Protection Commissioners shall take place next year in Hungary.
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The 11th Meeting of Data Protection Commissioners of the CEEDP Member States, Romania
The challenges which data protection authorities need to face due to the development of new technologies were the principal subject of the 11th Meeting of Personal Data Protection Commissioners from Central and Eastern European Countries, held on June 2-4 2009 in Sinaia, Romania, organised by the Romanian National Supervisory Authority For Personal Data Processing.
The participants of the meeting concentrated on the security of data of users of modern IT tools such as internet fora or social networking sites. The issue of protection of data in different kinds of large databases, such as credit information system, was also analysed. Another discussion concerned the protection of personal data of employees and the development of biometry (e.g. its use in the new identification cards).
It has also been decided that the next meeting, in 2010, shall take place in Poland.
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Central and Eastern European Data Protection Authorities (CEEDPA) - an international forum allowing the DPAs from Central and Eastern European Countries to exchange their unique experiences in the field of data protection - held its 10th meeting, of which I was a host, on June 1st-4th in Kazimierz Dolny, Poland.
The meeting was attended by the delegates of 11 DPAs from: Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Romania, Slovakia and Slovenia (observer).
The delegates discussed such issues as latest developments in the field of data protection in all countries concerned, children's online privacy, the impact of the enlargement of the Schengen area in the light of the tasks carried out by the Central and Eastern European Data Protection Authorities and qualifications, tasks and competencies of Data Protection Officers.
Two declarations were also adopted. One of them confirmed the willingness of further cooperation within the framework of the CEEDP, and of assisting other countries from the region in the creation of their data protection legislation. The other contained an appeal for equal treatment of the languages of all EU Member States by assuring interpretation to and from these languages during the meetings of European institutions dealing with data protection.
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The 9th meeting of data protection commissioners of the CEEDP Member States took place on 4-6 June 2007 in Zadar (Croatia). The representatives of Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Croatia, Hungary, Lithuania, Poland, Estonia, Latvia, Macedonia, Romania, Slovakia and Slovenia. Slovenia was accepted as a new member, and the representatives of Bosnia and Herzegovina were welcomed as observers. The topics discussed during the meeting were found important and interesting by all participants and included: the implementation of the Schengen acquis and the criteria applied, data protection in the Third Pillar, transparency in data processing, Electronic Health Records, new developments in technologies etc. The participants also insisted on the further evolution on co-operation in the aforementioned and other issues, supporting the new EU Member States and candidate countries, raising public awareness in the field of data protection. It was decided that the annual meetings, allowing to exchange experiences and best practices in the field of data protection should continue.
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The 8th meeting of data protection commissioners of the CEEDP Member States took place on 2006 in Varna (Bulgaria).
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The Conference entitled "Public Security and Personal Data Protection" was organised by the Inspector General for Personal Data Protection and took place on 11-12 May 2006 in Warsaw. The honorary patronage of the Conference has been taken over by the Speaker of the Diet, Mr Marek Jurek.
[more info >>]
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IBM unveiled software that enables organizations to enhance privacy and increase security. The breakthrough IBM technology, DB2 Anonymous Resolution, helps customers to rapidly and more securely share information with other organizations, while protecting - or "anonymizing" - the identity of individuals within their respective data repositories. DB2 Anonymous Resolution expands IBM's analytics capabilities through the use of irreversible "digital signatures" and advanced techniques for correlating this data while remaining in the "anonymized" form.
The software uses Entity ResolutionTM technology to resolve data and determine who is who across multiple disparate data sets. The software is able to determine when identities are the same without relying on a master person key (e.g., SSN, national ID card) and despite the natural variability found in identity data (poor data quality, name variations, differing addresses and including intentional obfuscation that is common in cases of fraud). Anonymous Resolution is currently available and targets a variety of industries, including financial services, healthcare and retail. For details please visit IBM DB2 Anonymous Resolution webpage.
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On 23-24 May 2005 the 7th Meeting of the Central and Eastern European Data Protection Commissioners took place in Smolenice (Slovakia). The topics of the 7th CEEC Meeting were: processing biometrics data (new technologies in practice), administrative and judicial proceedings and disclosure of information, scope of the use of Personal Identification Number, application of standards on information system security and Personal data processing for statistical purposes. The main result of the 7th CEEC Meeting is the Declaration on future cooperation signed by all participated Data Protection Commissioners.
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On 24-26 April 2005 the Spring Conference of European Data Protection Authorities took place in Cracow in Poland. The subject of the Conference was the 10th anniversary of adopting a resolution of Directive 95/46/EC on the protection of individuals with regard to the processing of personal data and on free movement of such data with presence of data protection commissioners from European countries.
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On 6 April 2005 the High Level Group on Digital Rights Management (DRM), set up by the European Commission organised a one day workshop on DRM. Workshop's speeches and presentations can be found on
the Europe`s Information Society Thematic Portal.
The workshop has been organised in order to share the result of the informal public consultation and the outcome of the High Level Group, and where possible to further explore ways to reach consensus on DRM. One of the main points of the workshop was to address the consumer's trust and confidence aspects in a comprehensive way and, in particular, the privacy issue.
Summary of the consultation of the High Level Group final report on Digital Rights Management by the European Commission can be reached here.
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In February 2005 the Consultative Committee of the Convention for the Protection of Individuals with regard to Automatic Processing of Personal Data adopted the Progress Report on the Application of the Principles of Convention 108 to the Collection and Processing of Biometric Data. This document entitled: PROGRESS REPORT ON THE APPLICATION OF THE PRINCIPLES OF CONVENTION 108 TO THE COLLECTION AND PROCESSING OF BIOMETRIC DATA contains information about nature of biometric data and explains how to process it to be comply with Convention 108.
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Tenth EPON meeting, On 2nd and 3rd November 2004 in Prague (Czech Republic) meet the Czech and Hungarian Data Protection Commissioners and Polish Data Protection Commissioner's senior staff.
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The 26th International Conference on Privacy and Personal Data Protection organized by the Polish Bureau of the Inspector General for Personal Data Protection under the theme "The Right to Privacy - the Right to Dignity" is to be held on 14 - 16 September 2004 in Wroclaw, the capital of Lower Silesia, in Poland. The patronage of the Conference has been taken over by Mr Aleksander Kwaśniewski, the President of the Republic of Poland.
More information: http://26konferencja.giodo.gov.pl
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On 14 may 2004 the European Commission has adopted a Decision on the adequate protection of personal data contained in the Passenger Name Record of air passengers transferred to the United States' Bureau of Customs and Border Protection. On 28 may 2004 the European Commission has signed an agreement with the U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) establishing the legal basis to collect airline Passenger Name Record (PNR) information on flights between the United States and the European Union.
More information: http://europa.eu.int
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On 1 may 2004 - the moment of Poland's accession to the European Union - the provisions of the Act of January 22, 2004 on the Amendment of the Act on the Protection of Personal Data and the Act on Remuneration of Persons Holding State Managerial Posts (Journal of Laws No. 33, item 285) entered into force. The above mentioned Act introduced numerous amendments into provisions of the Act on the Protection of Personal Data. Adoption of this Act was supposed to fully implement into the Polish legal order the Directive 95/46/EC
More information: http;//giodo.gov.pl
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The Workshop "Cross-border digital services and electronic procurement" organized by TeleTrust Deutschland e.V. (http://www.teletrust.de) and the Department of State Information Systems of the Ministry of Economics Affairs and Communications of Estonia (http://www.riso.ee/en/) will be held in Estonian's capital city Tallin from 19 to 20 June 2003 [more info >>]
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USA - Law Enforcement Posse Tackles Internet Scammers, Deceptive Spammers - Initiative Launched to Prevent Spammers From Concealing Identity and Evading Detection.
The Federal Trade Commission (USA) informed about latest law enforcement initiative in USA against scammers and spammers using the Internet for fraudulent purposes. FTC also announced an effort undertaken with 17 agencies to cut down in deceptive spam by urging organizations to close "open relays". They identified 1,000 potential open relays, 90 percent of which were in 16 countries: U.S., China, Korea, Japan, Italy, Poland, Brazil, Germany, Taiwan, Mexico, Great Britain, Chile, France, Argentina, India, Spain, and Canada. The agencies drafted a letter which was translated into 11 languages and signed by 14 different US and international agencies, urging the organizations to close their open relays and help reduce spam. More information you can find on [http://www.ftc.gov/opa/2003/05/swnetforce.htm]
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