Enforcement Cooperation Resources – Global Privacy Assembly

Enforcement cooperation repository / Enforcement cooperation resources

Find international enforcement cooperation resources from the Global Privacy Assembly and other relevant networks. Resources are listed according to network name and resource type.

Network or Authority	Resource	Type of Resource	Description of Resource
AFAPDP	Member List, and French data protection laws lists	Authority Lists and Registries
APEC	Cross-border Privacy Enforcement Arrangement	Sharing Confidential Information	Regional arrangement that allows for the request for cooperation assistance by Asia-Pacific participants.
APPA	Member List	Authority Lists and Registries
APPA	Secondment Framework	Enforcement Cooperation Training and Capacity Development	Provides guidance and templates to authorities wishing to implement a secondment from one data protection authority to another.
CEEDPA	Member List, website links and online contact tool	Authority Lists and Registries
CEEDPA	Forum	Information Sharing Tools and Initiatives
CoE - T-PD	European Case Handling Workshop	Enforcement Cooperation Training and Capacity Development	Covers a broad spectrum of topics that might be relevant for DPA's current or future work, with the purpose being to exchange experiences and networking.
Council of Europe	Convention 108	Sharing Confidential Information	Treaty that provides that Member States will take the necessary steps to apply data protection principles set out in the Convention and enforcement cooperation for confidential information sharing between parties.
CTN	Member List	Authority Lists and Registries
CTN	Observers List	Authority Lists and Registries
GPEN	Member List	Authority Lists and Registries	Enforcement contact information of participants of GPEN, APEC and OECD.
GPEN	Privacy Authorities Pages	Authority Lists and Registries	General contact information, jurisdiction and legislation of each authority. Secure space.
GPEN	Enforcement Contacts List (GPEN/APEC/OECD)	Authority Lists and Registries	General contact information of enforcement participants of GPEN.
GPEN	GPEN Alert Tool	Sharing Confidential Information	Secure online platform for sharing confidential information relating to investigations. Secure space.
GPEN	Global Privacy Sweep - Sweep kits and related documents	Enforcement Cooperation Compliance Initiatives	Each year, during a specified week, privacy authorities around the world conduct a review of organizations' privacy practices relating to a particular topic. Sweep Kits contain useful principles and approaches for non-formal enforcement activities. Secure space.
GPEN	Discussion Forum	Information Sharing Tools and Initiatives	Allows members to engage in online discussions on a secure platform regarding non-confidential privacy enforcement matters. Secure space.
GPEN	Document Library	Information Sharing Tools and Initiatives	Allows authorities to share, on a secure platform, non-confidential documents related to enforcement cooperation, including published findings, positions, practices. Secure space.
GPEN	Network of Networks	Information Sharing Tools and Initiatives	An initiative that creates linkages between networks for sharing of information, and seeks to find collaboration opportunities between Networks. Secure space.
GPEN	Pacific and Atlantic teleconferences	Enforcement Cooperation Meetings and Teleconferences	Allows member participants to discuss various subjects related to privacy enforcement cooperation (approx. monthly). Secure space.
GPEN	Enforcement Practitioners Workshop	Enforcement Cooperation Training and Capacity Development	Provides an annual opportunity for operational level staff from within and outside privacy to share and learn practical investigative skills and strategies. Secure space.
GPEN	Opportunities Board	Enforcement Cooperation Training and Capacity Development	Allows authorities to publicize training, secondment or job opportunities to GPEN member staff. Secure space.
GPA	Member List	Authority Lists and Registries
GPA	Global Cross Border Enforcement Cooperation Arrangement	Sharing Confidential Information	Allows for bilateral and multilateral cooperation on enforcement matters between participants, and includes the ability to elect not to share personal data
GPA	GPA-recognized enforcement cooperation events	Enforcement Cooperation Meetings and Teleconferences	A program initiated by the ICDPPC whereby it will endorse enforcement cooperation events organized by individual member authorities and/or other networks.
GPA	Calendar of relevant privacy and data-protection related events	Enforcement Cooperation Meetings and Teleconferences
GPA	Practical and legal tools Document Archive	Information Sharing Tools and Initiatives	The GPA Document Archive hosts the practical and legal tools that the Assembly has developed for its own members in the past. Developments still having a significant impact today run back as far as 2007 at the 29th conference in Montreal, Canada.
GPA	Report on the Working Group’s activities in 2017-2018	Working Group Materials	The report covers the Working Group’s work across two principal workstreams. Workstream 1: Practical solutions for better cooperation; Workstream 2: Legal solutions for better cooperation.
GPA	Resolution on exploring future options for International Enforcement Cooperation (2017)	Resolutions
GPA	Presentation by Enforcement Cooperation: Group of Experts on legal and practical solutions for cooperation	Working Group Materials	Presentation by the UK and Dutch Authorities on the conclusions of the work of the Group of Experts on legal and practical solutions for cooperation.
GPA	Unabridged Report from the GPA Group of Experts on Legal and Practical Solutions for Cooperation	Working Group Materials	At the 39th International Conference of Data Protection and Privacy Commissioners in Hong Kong, the 2017 Resolution on exploring future options for International Enforcement Cooperation was adopted.
GPA	Abridged Report from the GPA Group of Experts on Legal and Practical Solutions for Cooperation	Enforcement Cooperation Working Group Materials	At the 39th International Conference of Data Protection and Privacy Commissioners in Hong Kong, the 2017 Resolution on exploring future options for International Enforcement Cooperation was adopted.
GPA	Resolution on International Enforcement Cooperation (2016)	Resolutions
GPA	Resolution on Enforcement Cooperation (2014)	Resolutions
GPA	Working Group on International Enforcement Cooperation – Activity Report 2013-2014	Working Group Materials
GPA	International Enforcement Coordination Working Group - Activity Report 2012-2013	Working Group Materials
GPA	ICDPPC Enforcement Coordination Resolution (2013)	Resolutions
GPA	Resolution on Privacy Enforcement Coordination at the International Level (2011)	Resolutions
GPA	Resolution on the strengthening of the International Cooperation in the field of data and privacy protection (2009)	Resolutions
GPA	Resolution on International Co-operation (2007)	Resolutions
Norway DPA	Decision to fine Odin Flissenter AS	Decision	The Norwegian Data Protection Authority has issued Odin Flissenter AS (Tile distributor) an administrative fine of EUR 13 905 (NOK 150 000) for performing a credit check of a sole proprietorship without having a lawful basis for the processing.
Norway DPA	Decision to fine Bergen municipality	Decision	The Norwegian Data Protection Authority has given Bergen municipality a final decision on an administrative fine of approximately EUR 276,000 (3 million NOK). Personal information in the communication system between school and home was not secure enough.
Norway DPA	Decision to fine The Norwegian Public Roads Administration	Decision	The Norwegian Data Protection Authority has issued the Norwegian Public Roads Administration a fine of 37,400 EUR (400 000 NOK) for processing personal data for purposes that were incompatible with the originally stated purposes, and for not erasing video recordings after 7 days.
OECD	Recommendation of the Council concerning Guidelines Governing the Protection of Privacy and Transborder Flows of Personal Data (the “OECD Privacy Guidelines”)	Recommendation	Fundamental privacy principles, which now represent the global minimum standard for privacy and data governance. Originally adopted in 1980 and updated in 2013.
OECD	Recommendation on Cross-border Co-operation in the Enforcement of Laws Protecting Privacy	Recommendation	Recommendation adopted in 2007, which sets forth a framework for co-operation in the enforcement of privacy laws.
OECD	Report on the Implementation of the OECD Recommendation on Cross-border Co-operation in the Enforcement of Laws Protecting Privacy	Report	This report in 2011 provides information on the progress in implementation measures regarding the "Recommendation on Cross-border Co-operation in the Enforcement of Laws Protecting Privacy". Among the initiatives highlighted in the report is the launch of GPEN in 2010.
OECD	Report on the Cross-Border Enforcement of Privacy Laws	Report	This report in 2006 describes the attempts to address cross-border enforcement challenges and highlights the need for a more global and systematic approach to cross-border privacy law enforcement cooperation.
RIPD	Member List	Authority Lists and Registries
UCENet	Developing Inventory of Experts	Authority Lists and Registries	Contact information of experts from each authority, used for specific forms of engagement.
UCENet	Memorandum of Understanding	Sharing Confidential Information	Provides for sharing information between participants.
UCENet	Training programme	Enforcement Cooperation Training and Capacity Development	Currently a work in progress: sessions will be recorded where possible and included in a restricted area on the UCENet website.
GPA	IEWG - Privacy and data protection networks – Snapshot (2021)	Working Group Materials	A snapshot of the network landscape of privacy and data protection authorities, produced by the International Enforcement Cooperation Working Group (IEWG).
GPA	IEWG – Privacy and data protection networks – Recommendations (2021)	Working Group Materials	Recommendations for engagement with other privacy and data protection networks, including opportunities and areas to explore, produced by the International Enforcement Cooperation Working Group (IEWG).
GPA	IEWG – Closed Enforcement Session Framework	Working Group Materials	A framework to support the IEWG’s ‘Safe Space’ sessions (now called Closed Enforcement Sessions), which support and promote enforcement cooperation by providing a forum to share expertise and non-confidential information amongst IEWG members.
GPA	IEWG – Closed Enforcement Session Presentation Template	Working Group Materials	A PPT template to be used in conjunction with the Safe Space Framework, to help members prepare materials for their presentation.