Some experts in the field of personal data protection are concerned about excessive restrictions on the free flow of personal data, especially between democratic countries, including the EU and the USA, but at the same time agree that excessive benevolence in the transfer of personal data outside the EU is not appropriate.
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The Future of Data Protection in a Time of Restriction on Data Transfers Will the world be divided
The Czech Data Protection Authority has published its plan of audits for 2023
The Czech DPA (The Office for Personal Data Protection) published its audit plan for 2023.
EFDPO as guest at conference in Prague
On 6 October 2022, the traditional autumn conference of the Association for Personal Data Protection dedicated to the issue of personal data processing “GDPR 2022” was held in Prague for the sixth time.
Cities trapped by GDPR
Cities and municipalities in the Czech Republic have approached the obligations arising from the right to the protection of personal data differently. If we look away from those who have only formally secured DPOs position and rely on the absence of fines, we come to a smaller group of those with an honest approach and a genuine effort to secure a range of responsibilities. But they often fail in many situations.
Comments on the EDPB’s draft “Guidelines 4/2022 on the calculation of administrative fines under the GDPR”
The Czech Data Protection Association sent the following comments on the draft of the EDPB “Guidelines 04/2022 on the calculation of administrative fines under the GDPR”.
Club evening with Jaroslav Hora
On April 26, 2022, the Czech Data Protection Association organized a “club evening” with the Data Protection Officer...
Comments on the draft of the EDPB “Guidelines 3/2022 on Dark patterns in social media platform interfaces: How to recognise and avoid them”
The Czech Data Protection Association sent the following comments on the draft of the EDPB “Guidelines 3/2022 on Dark...
Seminar “American and European approach to data protection, unified vs. fragmented regulation”
On 22 March 2022, the Czech Data protection Association and the International Association of Privacy Professionals (IAPP) organized an online seminar on the future of personal data protection and privacy from the US and European Union perspectives.
Arbitration Court and the Czech Data Protection Association have established cooperation
Arbitration Court attached to the Czech Chamber of Commerce and the Agricultural Chamber of the Czech Republic and the Czech Data Protection Association have established cooperation in resolving disputes in the field of personal data processing.
Comments on the EDPB’s draft “Guidelines 01/2022 on data subject rights – Right of access”
The Czech Data Protection Association sent the following comments on the draft of the EDPB draft Guidelines 01/2022 on data subject rights – Right of access (Guidelines).
Statement of the the Czech Data Protection Association on the implications of the invasion of Ukraine by the Russian Federation
The Czech Data Protection Association is an organization gathering the data protection officers and experts focused on privacy and personal data processing issues in the Czech Republic. As an organisation as well as a group of citizens of the Czech Republic, we cannot ignore the violations of international law and the associated systematic disregard of human rights that are taking place in the context of Russia’s aggression against Ukraine.