Tag: public consultation
6. January 2022
On December 20th, 2021, the UK Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) launched a public consultation on its regulatory approach.
The public consultation is aimed at three separate documents which are the basis of the ICO’s regulatory process. The documents are the Regulatory Action Policy (RAP), the Statutory Guidance on the ICO’s Regulatory Action, and Statutory Guidance on the ICO’s PECR Powers.
The RAP in particular identifies the ICO’s risk-based approach to regulatory action and explains the factors that play a role in the ICO’s consideration before taking regulatory action. It also sets forth how the ICO cooperates with other regulators and enforces the legislation for which it is responsible.
In conjunction, the three documents illustrate how the ICO aims to enforce information rights for data subjects in the UK.
The ICO indicated that the purpose for updating these documents was to provide further explanation about its regulatory powers. It aims to give the public a chance to their views on the approach the Commissioner should take with regards to the regulatory approach of his office.
The public consultation period will conclude on March 24, 2022.
21. June 2016
In June 2016, a public consultation process about the GDPR was opened by the French DPA (CNIL). The consultation is based on the topics that the WP 29 identified as having priority in its action plan for the implementation of the GDPR, published beginning 2016.
The consultation aims at encouraging stakeholders to formulate questions regarding the GDPR in order to identify potential interpretation difficulties. Once the main questions and difficulties have been addressed, the WP 29 will issue guidelines regarding the relevant topics. The CNIL also offers the possibility to formulate questions about other topics, which are not directly mentioned in the consultation.
The main topics that are object of the current consultation are the institution of the DPO, Privacy Impact Assessments (PIA), data protection certifications and the right to data portability.
The consultation is opened until the 15th July 2016 and stakeholders can participate through the CNIL´s website. After that, the French DPA will publish a summary with the contributions.
26. April 2016
The EU Parliament approved some weeks ago the new General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). As a next step, the EU Commission has launched a public consultation on the evaluation and review of the ePrivacy Directive, as part of the Digital Single Market Strategy proposed by the EU Commission in May 2015. The consultation started on the 12th April and will be open until the 5th July 2016.
The current ePrivacy Directive was initially adopted for the telecoms sector. However, most of the EU Member States have also extended its application to other sectors. This Directive is also known as “cookie law”, but it also regulates the confidentiality of communications, the obligation to notify data breaches, the scope and definition of unsolicited communications, etc.
The “update” of the ePrivacy Directive is necessary in order to achieve a higher harmonization at all levels, including the field of electronic communications, and to complement the GDPR. The head of unit for policy and consultation at the EU Data Protection Supervisor, Sophie Louveaux, unofficially stated that the modification of the ePrivacy Directive is a priority regarding privacy issues and that a “full coherence” between the GDPR and the ePrivacy Directive should be achieved.
The legislative proposal for a new ePrivacy Directive is expected by the end of 2016.
