CNPD and CNDP signed Memorandum of Understanding in the field of personal data protection, covering AI

La Présidente de la CNPD du Portugal (Comissão Nacional de Protecção de Dados) Mme Paula Meira Lourenço et le Président de la CNDP Maroc (Commission nationale de contrôle de la protection des données à caractère personnel) M. Omar Seghrouchni ont signé, le 25 février 2026 au siège de la CNPD à Lisbonne, un MoU (Mémorandum d’entente) dans le domaine de la protection des données à caractère personnel.

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07 SEP 2024 · Other

National Data Protection Authority investigation into Worldcoin's biometric data collection

On 9 July 2024, the National Data Protection Commission (CNPD) of Portugal issued a decision addressing the jurisdiction over the matter concerning Worldcoin's processing of personal and biometric data. CNPD recognised the Data Protection Authority of Bavaria for the Private Sector (BayLDA) as the lead supervisory authority for the investigation of Worldcoin's data processing compliance with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and declared itself a concerned supervisory authority. T...

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25 JAN 2022 · Standard / Framework

Portuguese CNPD Guidelines (1/2022) on Direct Marketing Electronic Communications

The Portuguese National Commission for Data Protection (CNPD) emitted the Guidelines on Direct Marketing Electronic Communications (1/2022). The Guidelines approach the topic of legal grounds for sending electronic marketing communications, particularly treating the use of legitimate interest and prior consent as lawful grounds.

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27 APR 2021 · Executive Order

Restriction of data transfer to U.S. in Deliberacao 2021/533

The Portuguese data protection authority (Comissão Nacional de Proteção de Dados (CNPD)) issues the deliberation 2021/533, which suspends the transfer of data on the national census (Censos 2021) to the U.S. by the national institute of statistics.

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