Portuguese Data Protection Authority Agenda For 2021

In an atypical year like 2020, the Portuguese National Data Protection Commission (henceforth 'CNPD') has made every effort to fulfil its role. In fact, despite the postponement of its enforcement actions and conclusion of procedures, the Portuguese supervisory authority has played a very active role in its advisory task, in particular on matters raised in the context of teleworking, distance learning and health data processing.

For 2021, despite the constraints resulting from the epidemiological context, the CNPD has published its "plan of activities", which contents will be highlighted below.

In 2021, the CNPD proposed to review the requirements and procedures for the adoption of codes of conduct, as well as the measures and procedures to ensure Privacy by design and Privacy by default, and to study European case law on the protection of personal data and privacy. This year, we will also expect special attention from CNPD in the processing of personal data