July 12, 2010On 29 June, the second, 2010 edition of the
Technological Conference for Data Protection (DAT) was held in CosmoCaixa
Barcelona. This year the main subject addressed was "The National Security
Framework (ENS) and security measures provided in the Data Protection Law
(LOPD)".
June 8, 2010The director of the Catalan Data Protection
Authority (APDCAT), Esther Mitjans, has presented the summary of actions
carried out by the Authority in 2009 to the Committee on Institutional Affairs
of the Parliament of Catalonia.
May 4, 2010The Catalan
Data Protection Authority approves the legal opinion regarding the possibility
that town councils may, on their own initiative, provide personal data from the
municipal registry and relating to immigrants in an irregular situation to the
public Administration responsible for matters relating to foreigners.
The Catalan Data Protection Authority has opened the call for applications for three specialisation grants to cover stages in research centres, institutions or authorities specialising in data protection.
April 16, 2010The Catalan Data Protection
Authority has opened the call for applications for three specialisation grants
to cover stages in research centres, institutions or authorities specialising
in data protection.
March 16, 2010The Catalan Data Protection Authority (APDCAT) is
organising, together with Lerida City Council, the Diputació of Lerida and the
University of Lerida, the symposium entitled "The personal data of children on
the Internet". The event will take place on 24 March at the Rectorate Building
of the University of Lerida.
The book La protecció de dades en estats federals i plurinacionals [Data Protection in Federal and Plurinational States] will be presented on 19 March at the Il·lustre Col·legi d'Advocats [Bar Association] of Barcelona. The book brings together activities relating to projects conducted over the last two years in relation to the protection of personal data among authorities in federal and plurinational States.