Special Program on Convention 108+ Ratification Process and Impact on International Data Transfers
April 17, 2023 – Venice (from 9:30 to 17:30)
The Convention 108 of the Council of Europe has been modernized and offers the most innovative international instrument for personal data protection. Being ratified by a growing number of States it in on the way to have a major impact on data protection. The data protection unit of the Council of Europe and the Privacy Symposium are organizing a special programme on Convention 108+ (officially named Convention for the protection of individuals with regard to automatic processing of personal data -ETS No. 108, 28.01.1981)
Objectives:
- Discuss the impact of the Convention 108+, including to support international data transfers and adequacy decisions
- Raise awareness on the modernised Convention 108+ and its potential as a global multilateral convention
- Gather high level officials and experts and discuss standards in the Convention and the best ways to transpose them into national law
- Identify difficulties, concerns, problems in the process of ratification of the amending Protocol CETS No 223, share best practices
- Share lessons learnt, tools and practices that helped the process domestically
- Explore possibilities to promote the modernised regime’s relevance further and identify needs and scope for capacity buildings
Key sessions:
- Opening on Convention 108+ opportunity and paradigm shift
- Convention 108+ impact on adequacy decisions and data transfers
- Convention 108+ Ratification Process and relevance for democratic countries
- Lessons learned and advices from ratifying countries
