On the 19th January 2021, The European Commission published some new guidelines for the Data Breach Notification.

We include an extract from the source article. The guidelines and additional details can be found in the following link:.  

Original source: Guidelines 01/2021 on Examples regarding Data Breach Notification | European Data Protection Board (europa.eu)

The European Data Protection Board welcomes comments on the Guidelines 01/2021 on Examples regarding Data Breach Notification.

Such comments should be sent by March 2nd at the latest using the provided form.

Please note that, by submitting your comments, you acknowledge that your comments might be published on the EDPB website.

The EDPB Secretariat staff screens all replies provided before publication (only for the purpose of blocking unauthorised submissions, such as spam), after which the replies are made available to the public directly on the EDPB public consultations’ page. Unauthorised submissions are immediately deleted. The attached files are not altered in any way by the EDPB.

Please, note that regardless the option chosen, your contribution may be subject to a request for access to documents under Regulation 1049/2001 on public access to European Parliament, Council and Commission documents. In this case the request will be assessed against the conditions set out in the Regulation and in accordance with applicable data protection rules.

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