- Do not get confused about the different Councils.
- Council of Europe (CoE) is NOT the same as The Council of European Union (a legislative body that works alongside the European Parliament and participated in the development of the GDPR).
- Council of Europe (CoE) is NOT the same as the European Council (a policy and political body).
- Quick facts about the CoE:
- CoE was established post WWII in 1949 to promote democracy and human rights in Europe.
- CoE is located in Strasbourg and comprises of 47 European countries.
- CoE adopted the Europe’s foundational human rights treaty, the European Convention on Human Rights.
- CoE’s notable data protection instruments:
- Convention 108 and,
- Resolutions 73/22 and 74/29.
Introduction to European Data Protection European Union Institutions
Council of Europe
- The Council of Europe Convention for the Protection of Individuals with Regard to the Automatic Processing of Personal Data of 1981 (The CoE Convention)
- The EU Data Protection Directive (95/46/EC)
- The EU Directive on Privacy and Electronic Communications (2002/58/EC) (ePrivacy Directive) – as amended
- The EU Directive on Electronic Commerce (2000/31/EC)
- European data retention regimes
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