The member States of the Council of Europe and the other Parties to the Convention for the Protection of Individuals with regard to Automatic Processing of Personal Data (ETS No. 108), opened for signature in Strasbourg on 28 January 1981 (hereinafter referred to as “the Convention”),
Having regard to Resolution No. 3 on data protection and privacy in the third millennium adopted at the 30th Council of Europe Conference of Ministers of Justice (Istanbul, Turkey, 24-26 November 2010);
Having regard to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe’s Resolution 1843 (2011) on the protection of privacy and personal data on the Internet and online media and Resolution 1986 (2014) on improving user protection and security in cyberspace;
Having regard to Opinion 296 (2017) on the draft protocol amending the Convention for the Protection of Individuals with regard to Automatic Processing of Personal Data (ETS No. 108) and its explanatory memorandum, adopted by the Standing Committee on behalf of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe on 24 November 2017;
Considering that new challenges to the protection of individuals with regard to the processing of personal data have emerged since the Convention was adopted;
Considering the need to ensure that the Convention continues to play its pre-eminent role in protecting individuals with regard to the processing of personal data, and more generally in protecting human rights and fundamental freedoms,
Have agreed as follows:
