DATA PROTECTION
EDPB adopted a Statement on the European Commission’s Digital Services Package and Data Strategy.
The EDPB adopted a Statement on the European Commission’s Digital Services Package and Data Strategy. In the statement, the EDPB highlights three types of overarching concerns regarding the Commission proposals that have been presented so far (the Data Governance Act (DGA), Digital Services Act (DSA) and Digital Markets Act (DMA) and the AI Regulation (AIR)):
1) Lack of protection of individuals’ fundamental rights and freedoms;
2) Fragmented supervision;
3) Risks of inconsistencies.
The EDPB and EDPS have already issued joint opinions on the DGA and the AIR and the EDPS has issued opinions on the European Strategy for Data, the DMA and the DSA. In its statement, the EDPB reiterates its call for a ban on any use of AI for an automated recognition of human features in publicly accessible spaces and urges the co-legislator to consider a phase-out leading to a prohibition of targeted advertising on the basis of pervasive tracking while the profiling of children should overall be prohibited.
The EDPB further highlights the risks of parallel supervision structures and strongly recommends each proposal to provide for an explicit legal basis for the effective cooperation and exchange of information between the competent supervisory authorities under each proposal and the data protection authorities.
In addition, the EDPB calls upon the Commission and the co-legislator to ensure that the proposals clearly state that they shall not affect or undermine the application of existing data protection rules and to ensure that these rules shall prevail whenever personal data are being processed, also in the context of the forthcoming proposal for a Data Act.
(Source: EDPB web site - Author and ownership of the contents: EDPB).
1) Lack of protection of individuals’ fundamental rights and freedoms;
2) Fragmented supervision;
3) Risks of inconsistencies.
The EDPB and EDPS have already issued joint opinions on the DGA and the AIR and the EDPS has issued opinions on the European Strategy for Data, the DMA and the DSA. In its statement, the EDPB reiterates its call for a ban on any use of AI for an automated recognition of human features in publicly accessible spaces and urges the co-legislator to consider a phase-out leading to a prohibition of targeted advertising on the basis of pervasive tracking while the profiling of children should overall be prohibited.
The EDPB further highlights the risks of parallel supervision structures and strongly recommends each proposal to provide for an explicit legal basis for the effective cooperation and exchange of information between the competent supervisory authorities under each proposal and the data protection authorities.
In addition, the EDPB calls upon the Commission and the co-legislator to ensure that the proposals clearly state that they shall not affect or undermine the application of existing data protection rules and to ensure that these rules shall prevail whenever personal data are being processed, also in the context of the forthcoming proposal for a Data Act.
(Source: EDPB web site - Author and ownership of the contents: EDPB).
