What is Convention 108+?

The Convention for the Protection of Individuals with regard to Automatic Processing of Personal Data (CETS No. 108) The Convention opened for signature on 28 January 1981 and was the first legally binding international instrument in the data protection field.

Who signed Convention 108?

This week, Switzerland signed the Modernized International Privacy Convention. With the Swiss signature thirty-five countries now back Convention 108+. The Council of Europe Convention 108+ is the first and only binding international legal instrument for data protection.

Is Convention 108 a treaty?

Convention 108 is a legally binding instrument which was opened for signature on January 28 of 1981 by the Council of Europe (an international organization to which all EU countries belong).

Can only member states of the Council of Europe be party to Convention 108?

Europe may invite any State not a member of the Council of Europe to accede to this convention by a decision taken by the majority provided for in Article 20.

What does Convention 108 + mean for UK?

The Council of Europe treaty, more properly entitled the Convention for the Protection of Individuals with regard to Automatic Processing of Personal Data has been given an overhaul to bring it into line with the General Data Protection Regulation.

Is the EU Data Protection Directive inspired by Convention 108?

Even the EU’s data protection directive for law enforcement is inspired partly by Convention 108.” A European Commission staffer not authorized to speak on the record said, “it’s important in the context of Brexit because it’s the only international binding instrument and it is not only EU.

Is the Data Protection Convention of the Council of Europe legally binding?

The data protection Convention of the Council of Europe which has for the past four decades been the only international legally binding instrument on the protection of private life and personal data open to any country in the world has finally been, after 7 years of intense work and negotiations, modernised.

When did the Data Protection Convention come into force?

An error occurred while retrieving sharing information. Please try again later. The Convention opened for signature on 28 January 1981 and was the first legally binding international instrument in the data protection field.