National Conference “Challenges of international data transfers from the perspective of the Convention 108+ and GDPR”

Today, January 28, the National Center for Personal Data Protection (NCPDP) in collaboration with TAIEX project experts organizes the National Conference “Challenges of international data transfers from the perspective of the Convention 108+ and GDPR”, held online.

The aim of the Conference is to present information, examples of good practices and innovative solutions on raising awareness and informing the public sector about the challenges of cross-border data transfer.

The event was opened by the Director of the NCPDP, Ms. Victoria Muntean: “ In the context of globalization, the increasing of the need for information exchange through the various means made available by current technology, as well as the rapid technological developments widely used by both EU and other countries, the cross-border transfer of personal data needs to be regulated by new instruments, designed to facilitate the international circulation of data, with the guarantee of respect for the fundamental rights of data subjects and in conformity with data protection legislation, in particular with EU standards, the General Data Protection Regulation and Convention 108+”.

The workshop is conducted by personal data protection experts from Italy, Germany, Austria and the representatives of European Commission. Amongst the topics addressed by the experts are: cross-border transfers of personal data from the perspective of Convention 108+ and global trends, overview of the grounds for the cross-border transfers of personal data under the GDPR and the type of safeguards needed, challenges of cross-border data transfers from the perspective of the EU supervisory authorities, cross-border data transfers in the area of law enforcement cooperation, General information on the concept of adequacy and Substantive and procedural aspects of adequacy decisions.

The event is attended by about 70 representatives of the public sector.

The workshop is organized and funded by the Technical Assistance and Information Exchange Instrument of the European Commission (TAIEX).