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On 5 October 2020, the EDPS published a decision on its inquiry concerning Europol’s processing of “large datasets,” i.e., contributions received from Member States and other operational partners or collected in the context of open source intelligence activities.The EDPS found that Europol’s processing of …

According to a study by the law and policy consultant “milieu” on the practice of direct exchanges of personal data between Europol and private parties that was commissioned by the European Commission (and made public in November 2020), the revision of Europol’s current Regulation is …

On 15 October 2020, the political group “Review Europe” of the European Parliament hosted a webinar to discuss the reinforcement of Europol’s powers and to increase its financial resources. Panellists included several MEPs as well as representatives of Europol, the EDPS, the European Commission, and …

On 19 October 2020, the European Commission published its Work Programme 2021, entitled “A Union of vitality in a world of fragility”. It is supplemented by four annexes.The Work Programme contains new legislative initiatives across all six headline ambitions that were described …

The webinar will discuss the judgements rendered by the CJEU on data interception/retention matters in relation to Case C-623/17, Privacy International, and to Joined Cases C-511/18, La Quadrature du Net and Others, C-512/18, French Data Network and Others, and C-520/18, Ordre des barreaux francophones et germanophone and Others (referred to as La Quadrature du Net and Others).

On 24 September 2020, Michael O’Flaherty was reappointed as Director of the EU Agency for Fundamental Rights (FRA) for a second term of three years. FRA’s Management Board formally decided to extend his contract. The extension will take effect from 16 December 2020.

In August and September 2020, in a first airborne mission of its kind, Frontex and the European Fisheries Control Agency (EFCA) joined forces to support Cyprus in tracking down illegal fishing in the southern part of the Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) of Cyprus. Frontex supported …