Monday, 20 March was officially French Language Day, as pointers about focus areas for the months to come: mobile apps, artificial intelligence and cybersecurity. Maintenant, vous savez!
During DPI France, the European Data Protection Board’s secretariat also announced the launch of the anticipated coordinated enforcement action on the designation and position of the data protection officer. This year-long process will start with actions by regulators ranging from sending questionnaires to registered DPOs to opening investigations. Wondering how the community is reacting to it? If it’s any indication, there were audible gasps in the DPI Plenary room when this was explained by the EDPB’s lead on the action, Gwendal Le Grand. The IAPP has
Data Act: The European Parliament adopted its position during last week’s plenary session. The trilogue negotiations with the Council and European Commission are set to start shortly. We provided a short overview of the Data Act in this
E-health data space: This proposal is increasingly prompting concerns from several European regulators who fear that the proposal may lower the guarantees afforded by the GDPR. The European Commission has been rebutting this claim forcefully. On the other end of the spectrum, some stakeholders are concerned by the increasing likelihood that data localization provisions would be adopted in this proposal. Note that in the same vein of data governance related acts, the European Commission is expected to unveil a “European mobility data space” proposal in the next quarter though not much transpired at this point about the contours or direction of this proposal.
A few other relevant proposals are still on their way. These include the European Digital Identity framework, the AI liability regulation, the Cybersecurity Resilience Act as well as the draft cybersecurity certification scheme which could be a technical gateway to sovereignty requirements at EU level. But let’s keep something for next week, shall we?
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