THE EDPB 31st PLENARY SESSION HAS BEEN CARRIED OUT

11.06.2020

The European Data Protection Board (“EDPB”) carried out its 31st plenary session on 10.06.2020.

In the session, beside responses to the ENISA group and NOYB, the EDPB decided to establish a taskforce to coordinate potential actions and to acquire a more comprehensive overview of TikTok’s processing and practices across the EU, and adopted a letter with regard to the use of Clearview AI by law enforcement authorities.

In this sense, briefly the following issues are discussed in the session;

• With respect to the TikTok, it is indicated that the GDPR applies to the processing of personal data by a controller, even if it is not established in the Union, where the processing activities are related to the offering of goods or services to data subjects in the Union,
• In its response to MEPs regarding Clearview AI, the EDPB states that the use of a service such as Clearview AI by law enforcement authorities in the European Union would, as it stands, likely not be consistent with the EU data protection regime,
• The EDPB also appointed a representative in response to the European Union Agency for Cybersecurity (“ENISA”),
• Furthermore, the EDPB indicates in its letter to respond European Center for Digital Rights (“NOYB”) that it has been working constantly on the improvement of the cooperation between the Supervisory Authorities and the consistency procedures.

You can read the EDBP’s announcement here.

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