Datafication 10 Flashcards
2 systems to ensure compliance
1) Authorities
2) Sanctions
Supervision through Authorities
1) European Data Protection Board (EDPB
2) National Supervisory / Data Protection Authority (DPA)
European Data Protection Board (EDPB)
- independent EU body
- contributes to consistent application of data protection rules
European Data Protection Board (EDPB) - composition
1) representatives of national DPAs &
2) European Data Protection Supervisor (EDPS)
3) Supervisory authorities of EFTA EEA States (but no right to vote & (deputy) chair)
European Data Protection Board (EDPB) - Tasks / Responsibility (more in Art. 70):
- Advice EU Commission
- Issue legally binding decisions
- Issue guidelines, recommendations & best practices (annual report including reviewing practical applications of those)
National Supervisory / Data Protection Authority (DPA)
independent public authority(ies) which each Member State is required to provide
National Supervisory / Data Protection Authority (DPA) - task
- Monitor, enforce & promote public awareness
- annual report on its activities ( transparency)
National Supervisory / Data Protection Authority (DPA) - requirements
- Independency from external influence: law underlying it & organizational structure
- no conflict of interests
- sufficient resources & capabilities
- choose own sfaff
Lead Supervisory Authority
- NSA of main establishment of dc or dp is competent to act as lead
- for cross-border processing (when dc has establishments in several & processing affects ds in different member states)
Main establishment of dc or dp when establishments in > 1 Member State
= Place in EU
a) dc:
- where decisions on purposes & means of processing pd take place
- Otherwise: of its central administration
b) dp:
- of its central administration
- Otherwise: where main processing activities in context of activities of an establishment of the dp take place
e.g. main establishment Fb?
Ireland: established company in Ireland -> benefiting form GDPRs principles of free pd movement in EU
e.g. main establishment Google?
- established in California, sales offices in number of EU Member States
- Google Spain case: CJEU found Google Inc. (dp established in US) along with its establishment in Spain (Google Spain) were processing pd “in context of activities of an establishment” in Spain
- undisputed Google Spain was not (directly) involved in processing but promote & sell advertising space offered by the search -> used economically profitable
- CJEU: directive applicable to processing done by Google to protect guaranteed protection by earlier Data Protection Directive & prevent excuse by having board territorial scope
Relationship LSA & other DPAs
- LSA can request assistant from other DPAs
- DPAs can raise reasonable objects to draft decision, LSA can decide to follow or not
One stop shop (OSS) mechanism
- if company conducts cross-border data processing
- required to work primarily with the SA based in same Member State as companies main establishment (usually EU headquarters) to achieve compliance
- aim: improve harmonization & consistency application in all Member States
e.g. Google Ireland Limited by French supervisory authority fine 53 mil. Euro
- Frech DPA checked complains in other Member States if lead already appointed
- as non-claimed lead (also not Irish) they took the case