The European Data Protection Board (EDPB) adopted on Tuesday 15 March guidelines to facilitate the cooperation of the different national supervisory authorities in the framework of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).
These guidelines are intended to facilitate the interpretation and application of national procedures and to ensure that they comply with Article 60 of the GDPR, which establishes a one-stop shop mechanism provided by a lead authority.
In addition, the EDPB has also adopted guidelines on ‘dark patterns’, which consist of tricking users into accepting data collection or staying longer on a service.
On this point, the EDPB lists examples of ‘dark patterns’ and presents specific recommendations for interface designers to facilitate the implementation of the GDPR.
Finally, the European Data Protection Board has also adopted a toolkit to provide data protection safeguards when it comes to cooperation between a supervisory authority from the European Economic Area and one from a third country.
The EDPB states that this toolkit can be used as a support both for “monitoring companies themselves and for international agreements negotiated by the European Commission”. (Original version in French by Thomas Mangin)