April 4, 2017
The Art. 29 Working Group publishes a draft of a guideline on data protection impact assessment (Privacy Impact Assessment) according to the GDPR.
April 4, 2017
The Art. 29 Working Group publishes the final version of the guides on data portability, Data Protection Officers (DPO) and the Lead Supervisory Authority of the GDPR.
December 13, 2016
The Art. 29 Working Group publishes as a draft three guides on specific topics of the GDPR.
May 17, 2016
An overview of the status and origins of the GDPR can be found in the digma 1/2016 (PDF).
Update 27 April 2016
The General Data Protection Regulation is officially published on April 27, 2016 been. It will be available from the May 25, 2018 apply.
Update 14 April 2016
The European Parliament adopted the GDPR (Text). It can thus enter into force in May 2018.
March 15, 2016
The European General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) has been available in a final version since the end of 2015. It is part of the data protection reform of the European Union. The Commission had proposed two legal acts on January 25, 2012, the GDPR and a Directive on the protection of personal data processed for the purposes of the prevention, investigation, detection or prosecution of criminal offences and for related judicial activities (Data Protection Policy for Police and Criminal Justice).
As an overview the course so far:
- Opinion of the European Data Protection Supervisor (EDPS), March 7, 2012.
- http://ec.europa.eu/justice/data-protection/article-29/documentation/opinion-recommendation/files/2012/wp199_de.pdf (and Recommendation from 22.1.2013)
- Opinions of the Economic and Social Committee (July 31, 2012), of the Committee of the Regions (December 18, 2012), Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs (December 17, 2012-January 16, 2013)., of the Committee on Employment and Social Affairs (March 4, 2013)
- Parliament’s draft amendment to the Commission’s proposal, October 22, 2013.
- Report of the Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs, November 21, 2013.
- legislative resolution of the Parliament, March 12, 2014
- Council direction on Chapter IV (Controller and Processor), October 3, 2014.
- Council direction on application to the public sector and specific processing situations, December 1, 2014.
- Partial general approach of the Council to the principle of the central contact point, March 9, 2015.
- Partial general approach of the Council on data protection principles, March 9, 2015.
- comprehensive general approach of the Council (proposal for the GDPR). and start of the coordination between the Commission, the Council and the Parliament (informal “trilogue”), June 11, 2015
- political agreement of the trilogue parties, December 15, 2015.
In German there are so far one Official German translation of the unconsolidated text of the agreement (see below) and a unofficial translation of the consolidated version is available. The final, official German version is expected in March 2016.
The Parliament is expected to adopt the agreed text in the first quarter of 2016. If the Council agrees, the GDPR will enter into force 20 days after its publication in the Official Journal and will apply after a transition period of two years.
More information:
- Topic page of daten:recht on the DSGVO
- De Lege Data, Blog by Carlo Piltz
- EUDatareg, Osborne Clarke blog