The European Data Protection Board (EDPB) presented its 2020 report on Wednesday 2 June, which confirmed that its work over the past year has largely focused on management of the health crisis as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic.
By way of example, several guidelines have been issued on, inter alia, applications for tracking persons who have potentially been in contact with Covid-19, the processing of data for scientific research purposes, restrictions on the rights of individuals and the processing of data in the context of the reopening of borders.
“Given the increasing presence of data-driven technologies in addressing the pandemic and its related challenges, the awareness of data protection rights among individuals and organisations has never been more critical”, said the President of EDPB, Andrea Jelinek.
Furthermore, the Board has also used the 2020 final year to define its strategy for 2021–2023. Harmonisation and compliance, support for effective cooperation between national supervisory authorities and the adoption of an approach to new technologies that will be based on fundamental rights will therefore be at the heart of its work over this period.
See the annual report: https://bit.ly/3vLurNZ (Original version in French by Thomas Mangin)