Information & Ethics committee  The police directive is in force. However, because it's a directive and not a regulation, member states have until May 6 next year—so 19 days before the full entry into force of the GDPR—to transpose it into the national system. This is because it has more implications for domest

Information & Ethics committee  This is one of the areas where we have novelties in the EU. First off, there are three important rulings from the European Court of Justice concerning independence of supervisory authorities. They relate to Germany, Hungary, and Austria. In these three cases, the countries have

Information & Ethics committee  Yes. It's a very similar approach, and indeed, the adequacy will also relate to the law enforcement sector. This sector can be evaluated in two different areas. One is the processing of personal data by private controllers. The other is the accessing of data by police forces and

Information & Ethics committee  It's not only sunny but extremely hot.

Information & Ethics committee  This is the million-euro question. Let me say first that there is no regulated process that expresses [Inaudible--Editor] in the GDPR. We should build on the basis of the criteria. First of all, existing adequacy decisions will remain in force up until the moment they are updated

Information & Ethics committee  Unfortunately, the working language we use most often in our organization is English.

Information & Ethics committee  Allow me to speak to you in English.

Information & Ethics committee  It is my pleasure. Chair, and distinguished members of this committee. I really appreciate this kind invitation for me to speak to you today. Let me say that I'm very honoured. I'm not the EU legislator. I am not formally in charge of any adequacy finding. I represent an indepe