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Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year
The National Commission for Data Protection wishes you a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.
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National Commission for Data Protection
Appointment of new commissioners
The new composition of Luxembourg’s data protection authority has been announced on 7th November 2014. Ms Tine A. Larsen (lawyer), Mr Thierry Lallemang (lawyer) and Mr Georges Wantz (IT and technology specialist) have been appointed as commissioners. Ms Larsen
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New rules from 2018
Parliament approves data protection reform
New EU data protection rules which aim to give citizens back control of their personal data and create a high, uniform level of data protection across the EU fit for the digital era was given their final approval by MEPs
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Review of Amazon Web Services (AWS), Inc.’s “Data Processing Addendum” and Annex 2 “Standard Contractual Clauses”
The CNPD, acting as lead authority, in cooperation with other concerned European Data Protection Authorities pursuant to the Working Document 226, adopted by the Article 29 Working Party, have analysed Amazon Web Services, Inc.’s (AWS) “Data Processing Addendum” and
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Transfer of personal data to the USA
Statement by the European data protection authorities following the invalidation of the Safe Harbor decision
Following the landmark ruling of the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) of 6 October 2015 in the Maximilian Schrems v Data Protection Commissioner case (C-362-14), the EU data protection authorities assembled in the Article 29
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Judgement of the Court of Justice of the European Union
The Data Protection Directive applies to a video recording made with a surveillance camera installed by a person on his family home and directed towards the public footpath
According to a judgement by the Court of Justice of the European Union, the Data Protection Directive applies to a video recording made with a surveillance camera installed by a person on his family home and directed towards the public
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Agence des droits fondamentaux de l'UE
Publication d'un manuel du droit européen de la protection des données
L'agence des droits fondamentaux de l'Union européenne et le Conseil de l'Europe viennent de présenter leur manuel sur le droit européen de la protection des données dans quatre nouvelles versions linguistiques, dont le français et l'allemand
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Decisions and Opinions
This page is not available in English. At the moment, the English version is limited to sections that we consider to be of particular interest for our
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Increasingly important role for data protection authorities
Le nouveau règlement prévoit un rôle plus important pour les autorités de protection des données tel que la CNPD. Ds amendes administratives dissuasives pourront être infligées en cas de traitement illicite ou d'abus constatés dans le cadre de l'utilisation de données
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Current draft legislation
Bill regarding the identification of a physical person within the national register of physical persons and the identity card.
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Legislative texts no longer in force
The following texts are no longer in force. They are nevertheless useful for comparison and for understanding decisions made before 2002.
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European Community law
Regulation (EU) 2016/679 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 April 2016 on the protection of natural persons with regard to the
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Glossary
This page is not available in English. At the moment, the English version is limited to sections that we consider to be of particular interest for our international visitors. Please refer to the French or German version.
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Newsletter
Would you like to be kept up to date on the CNPD? Subscribe to our newsletter. Information on processing operations carried out by the CNPD
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European Data Protection Board (EDPB)
Article 29 of European Directive 95/46/EC of 24 October 1995 (which is the foundation for the Amended Act of 2 August 2002) set up an independent working party composed of representatives of the data protection authorities in the Member States of the European Union, which is called the "Article 29 Working Party".
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Professionals
Since 25 May 2018, the General Data Protection Regulation (EU) 2016/679 (“GDPR”) is directly applicable to all organizations active on the European Union territory. The new rules impose stricter accountability obligations on private and public actors, while reducing or
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RegTech
New compliance tool supporting organisations with regard to the new data protection scheme
The annual general meeting of the data protection association ‘Association pour la Protection des Données au Luxembourg’ (APDL) held on 14 June 2017 provided an opportunity for the national data protection commission (Commission Nationale pour la Protection des Données - CNPD
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27 January 2015
Meeting with Cameron Kerry
On 27 January 2015, the National Commission for Data Protection, represented by Tine A. Larsen (President) and Georges Wantz (Commissioner), met with former Acting Secretary of Commerce and General Counsel of the United States, Cameron Kerry, and former Minister of
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Inaugural Conference on 11 March 2014 in the auditorium of BGL BNP Paribas
Creation of an association on data protection
The first association on privacy and data protection APDL ("Association pour la protection des données au Luxembourg") was established in Luxembourg on 23 October 2013. Its inaugural conference will be held on 11 March 2014. The APDL welcomes members from
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International transfers of personal data
The CNPD approves the BCR of Rakuten
The Rakuten Group has adopted Binding Corporate Rules, which define its global data protection policy with regard to international transfers of personal data. The purpose of these rules is to ensure that the same level of protection as in the