CNPD (Portugal)

Comissão Nacional de Protecção de Dados
Name:	Comissão Nacional de Protecção de Dados
Abbreviation :	CNPD
Jurisdiction:	Portugal
Head:	Paula Meira Lourenço
Deputy:	n/a
Adress:	Av. D. Carlos I, 134, 1º 1200-651 Lisboa PORTUGAL
Webpage:	www.cnpd.pt
Email:	geral@cnpd.pt
Phone:	+351 21 392 84 00
Twitter:	n/a
Procedural Law:	Lei n.º 43/2004 - Diário da República n.º 194/2004, Série I-A de 2004-08-18, alterada pela lei 58/2019 de 2019-08-08,
Decision Database:	https://www.cnpd.pt/bin/decisoes/decisoes.asp
Translated Decisions:	Category:CNPD (Portugal)
Head Count:	27 (2018)
Budget:	3.363.152,02 € (2018)

The Portuguese Data Protection Authority (Comissão Nacional de Protecção de Dados) is the national Data Protection Authority for Portugal. It resides in Lisbon and is in charge of enforcing GDPR in Portugal.

Structure

The CNPD, the Portuguese Data Protection Authority, is composed by members of recognized integrity and merit. The status of the members guarantees their independence in exercising their functions. They have a five-year mandate and take office before the President of the Parliament.

The Portuguese Data Protection Authority is composed of seven members:

• The Chairman and two members elected by the Parliament;
• One legal magistrate, with over 10 years’ experience, appointed by the Magistrature Council;
• One magistrate from the Public Prosecution Service, with over 10 years’ experience, appointed by the Public Prosecution Council;
• Two members appointed by the Government.

Procedural Information

Applicable Procedural Law

Law 43/2004 - Diário da República n.º 194/2004, Série I-A de 2004-08-18, altered by Law 58/2019, of 8 of August (Portuguese Data Protection Law, supplementing the GDPR)

Regulation n.º 757/2020, of 10 September, on the organisation and functioning of of support services for the CNPD [1].

Regulation n.º 301/2020, of March 31, on the value of fees to provide GDPR related services (accreditation of certificate issuing organisations, DPIA prior consultation, among others) [2].

Complaints Procedure under Art 77 GDPR

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Ex Officio Procedures under Art 57 GDPR

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Appeals

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Practical Information

Filing with the DPA

The DPA provide one general and three specific forms to submit a complaint:

• General complaints, only in Portuguese: https://www.cnpd.pt/cidadaos/participacoes/geral/
• Unsolicited marketing (spam), only in Portuguese: https://www.cnpd.pt/cidadaos/participacoes/marketing-nao-solicitado-spam/
• Biometric data, only in Portuguese: https://www.cnpd.pt/cidadaos/participacoes/dados-biometricos/
• Video surveillance, only in Portuguese: https://www.cnpd.pt/cidadaos/participacoes/videovigilancia/

Known Problems

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Filing an Appeal

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Decision Database

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Statistics

Funding

The CNPD's 2020 budget was 2.385.701,00 euros, with 2.375.701,00 coming from the Portuguese National Budget and 10.000,00 euros from the CNPD itself (self-funding).

The CNPD's 2019 budget was 2.152.445,00 euros, with 2.077. 445,00 euros allocated to the CNPD by the Portuguese National Budget, 75.000,00 euros from the CNPD itself (self-funding) and 181.600 euros as a "special credit" from past budget surpluses (7.104.093,21 euros in positive cash flow).

Personal

In 2020, the CNPD had 24 employees.

In 2019, the CNPD had 25 employees.

Caseload

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Fines

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Annual Reports

CNPD 2022 Annual Report (in Portuguese): https://www.cnpd.pt/media/tutpevyh/relato-rio_2022.pdf

CNPD 2021 Annual Report (in Portuguese): https://www.cnpd.pt/media/meuizrj4/relato-rio-atividades-cnpd-2021.pdf

CNPD 2019/2020 Annual Report

Summary