This week, we joined the high-level data economy conference in Helsinki, hosted by the Finnish EU Presidency. In this context, the multi-stakeholder group SWIPO (Switching Cloud Service Providers and Porting Data) officially presented two Codes of Conduct to enable proper application of the Article 6 “Porting of Data” of the EU Free Flow of non-personal Data Regulation. SCOPE Europe was invited by the European Commission to co-chair the working group. In this context, we contributed to the development of the Codes for the last one and a half years, in particular by driving the establishment of a common governance for all Codes of Conduct under SWIPO. “Every self-regulatory process that aims for a credible solution for challenges in an highly innovative environment is an intensive journey. Success is only possible if all parties involved show constant good faith, willingness to compromise and to understand the other side. Against this background, I am impressed by the strong support shown by all relevant stakeholders for the Codes of Conduct and the accompanying mandatory governance documents that were presented. If this collaborative spirit can carry on, I am convinced that the market has been given a credible package that contains all ingredients necessary for successful market implementation and adoption”, said our Managing Director Jörn.
Happy reading,
Your SCOPE Europe Team.
Data Portability: Milestone achieved
The SWIPO Softward-as-a-Service Code was handed over by Yuri Rassega, CISO of ENEL, to Roberto Viola, Director General of DG CONNECT at the European Commission.
Codes of Conduct at IAPP
We joined the panel on Codes of Conduct at the IAPP Europe Data Protection Congress. Our Managing Director Jörn shared his expertise on requirements for monitoring schemes under GDPR.
Data subject rights: workshop
We appreciated the opportunity to join a workshop on Data Subject Rights under GDPR, organized by the European Data Protection Board, and to contribute to this important discussion.
Fines under GDPR
The joint coordination body of the German data protection authorities (DSK) explores a new model for calculating fines under GDPR and invited key stakeholders to comment in a public consultation. Together with SRIW, we published (in German) a joint response to the paper, sharing our perspective on the issue. We focused on the interplay of fines with Article 40 and 41 of the GDPR, sharing our perspectives and experiences as a Monitoring Body for Codes of Conduct.
Pseudonymisation draft CoC
As we reported in the previous edition, we participated in the Data Protection Focus Group of the Platform Security, Protection and Trust for Society and Business at the 2019 Digital Summit. In this context, a draft for a Code of Conduct on the use of GDPR compliant pseudonymisation was published last month in German. As of today, the paper is available also in English. We were pleased to share our experiences with Codes of Conduct under GDPR in the context of the focus group on such an essential and important issue.