As a response to the changing data protection environment and the integration within GDPR of new and improved rights, specific processes and concrete measures, our partnership aims to incorporate the new digital mentality/intelligence that is being shaped to companies, employees and young learners, while at the same time respond to the fragmented certification system in the field.
In response to this unprecedented technological penetration, the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) 2016/679 is the most important change in data privacy regulation in the last 20 years. GDPR is short for the General Data Protection Regulation and has come into full effect May 25, 2018. The GDPR aims primarily to give control to individuals over their personal data and to simplify the regulatory environment for international business by unifying the regulation within the EU.
Key Action 3: Support for policy reform provides grants for a wide variety of actions aimed at stimulating innovative policy development, policy dialogue and implementation, and the exchange of knowledge in the fields of education, training and youth. The main instruments that are managed through specific calls for proposals include: Initiatives for policy innovation and Civil Society Cooperation providing.
On June 24, 2020, the European Commission (“the Commission”) submitted its first report on the evaluation and review of the EU General Data Protection Regulation (“GDPR”) to the European Parliament and Council. The report is required under Article 97 of the GDPR and will be produced at four year intervals going forward.
The EU Member States have created a common EU toolbox, developed collaboratively by the e-Health Network with the support of the European Commission on mobile applications to support contact tracing in the EU’s fight against COVID-19. The common approach aims to exploit the latest privacy-enhancing technological solutions that enable at-risk individuals to be contacted and, if necessarily, to be tested as quickly as possible, regardless of their location.
The 5th International Conference on Information Security & Digital Forensics (ISDF), a prestigious event in the field of Information Technology, took place in the premises of Metropolitan College in Thessaloniki between 29th of November and 1st of December 2019. The Conference hosted a number of distinguished researchers, international speakers and analysts of state-of-the-art technologies as well as market representatives and professionals from IT sector.
