06./08.08.2019 - The British and other data protection authorities have published a joint statement demanding more openness from Libra promoters about the project. The FDPIC stays in contact with the European Data Protection Board (EDPB) and the International Conference of Data Protection and Privacy Commissioners (ICDPPC).
2nd Update concerning the Libra project
The FDPIC is affected as all other Data Protection Authorities (DPAs) by the Libra project and its global network and therefore eager to support the global community of DPAs in their joint efforts to protect the people. The FDPIC thus stays in contact with the EDPB and the ICDPPC.
On the other hand, the FDPIC as the DPA at the Swiss headquarters of the Geneva based Libra Association has to exercise his legal tasks. In this latter role the FDPIC initiated an official proceeding focused on the evaluation of his competence with regard to the Geneva based association, which in the meantime appointed a Swiss law firm and declared its readiness to deliver more detailed information on the project, as requested in the FDPIC’s letter of 17 July 2019. The FDPIC will thus first analyse upon receipt the promised information and assess the extent to which his advisory competences and supervisory powers would apply, before joining any statements or commenting on the Libra project and its network as a whole.
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