á chur i bhfáth gur leag EDPB béim ar a bhunthábhachtaí atá sé a áirithiú go mbeidh bearta uile a dhéanfar sna himthosca urghnácha a bhaineann leis paindéim riachtanach, teoranta ó thaobh ama de, de mhéid íosta agus go ndéanfar athbhreithniú tréimhsiúil agus fíorathbhreithniú orthu agus freisin go ndéanfar meastóireacht eolaíoch orthu; á iarraidh ar an Maoirseoir measúnú leanúnach a dhéanamh ar an staid, chun aghaidh a thabhairt ar na rioscaí príobháideachta a bhaineann le forbairt agus úsáid na bhfeidhmchlár rianaithe teagmhálaithe, nó chun na rioscaí sin a mhaolú;
Stresses that the EDPB has highlighted the fundamental importance of ensuring that every measure taken in the extraordinary pandemic-related circumstances is necessary, limited in time, of minimal extent and subject to periodic and genuine review as well as to scientific evaluation; calls on the Supervisor to continuously assess the situation, in order to address or mitigate the privacy risks associated with the development and use of the contact tracing apps;
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á aithint iarrachtaí na Gníomhaireachta tar éis phaindéim COVID-19 nuair a iarradh ar an nGníomhaireacht cabhrú le gníomhaíochtaí na mBallstát agus chomhlachtaí an Aontais a chomhordú trí mholtaí a eisiúint don tionscal bonneagair chriticiúil, ag tacú le bosca uirlisí aipeanna rianaithe AE, agus ag soláthar comhairle d’fhiontair bheaga agus mheánmhéide agus treoir don earnáil cúram sláinte chun tacú lena bhfreagairt ar fheachtais mhéadaithe fioscaireachta agus ionsaithe bogearraí éirice;
Acknowledges the Agency’s efforts in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic when the Agency was called to help coordinate activities of the Member States and Union bodies by issuing recommendations for the critical infrastructure industry, supporting the toolbox of EU tracing apps, and providing advice to small and medium-sized enterprises and guidance to the healthcare sector to support their response to increased phishing campaigns and ransomware attacks;
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ag admháil gur bliain dhúshlánach a bhí sa bhliain 2021 freisin, go háirithe de bharr phaindéim COVID-19, lenar cruthaíodh gá láithreach le dea-bhail na foirne a choimirciú agus, ag an am céanna, lenar cruthaíodh cúraimí nua lena n-áirítear bunú Dheimhniú Digiteach COVID an Aontais agus faireachán a dhéanamh ar Fhoirmeacha Aimsiúcháin Paisinéirí, aipeanna rianaithe teagmhálaithe, agus teicneolaíochtaí eile a úsáidtear chun an víreas a chomhrac, agus a áirithiú go raibh siad i gcomhréir go hiomlán le reachtaíocht an Aontais maidir le cosaint sonraí pearsanta;
Acknowledges that 2021 was also a challenging year, not least due to the COVID-19 pandemic, which created the immediate need to safeguard staff wellbeing and at the same time created new tasks, including the setting up the EU Digital COVID Certificate and the monitoring of Passenger Locator Forms, contact tracing apps, and other technologies used to fight against the virus, and ensuring that they were fully in line with the Union personal data protection legislation;
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á chur i bhfios go láidir ról ríthábhachtach an Mhaoirseora i ndáil le cosaint a thabhairt do shonraí pearsanta agus don phríobháideachas, ar dhá cheart bhunúsacha san Aontas iad, i gcomhthéacs phaindéim COVID-19, go háirithe ábharthacht agus tionchar a mheasúnaithe ar a mhéid a chomhlíontar an chosaint sonraí leis an iliomad feidhmchlár rianaithe teagmhálaithe agus rabhaidh atá in úsáid i bhfad is i ngearr le linn na paindéime; á aithint an t-ualach oibre breise a bhí ann ina dhiaidh sin sa bhreis ar na gnáthchúraimí a bhí ar an Maoirseoir agus is mór aici nach amháin go n-áiríonn an Maoirseoir leanúnachas gnó ach gur mhéadaigh sé a tháirgiúlacht a bhuí, inter alia, le digitiú an tsreafa oibre; á chur in iúl gur geal léi gur bhunaigh an Maoirseoir Tascfhórsa speisialta um COVID-19, a cruthaíodh chun déileáil leis na hiarrataí sin ar fad, leis an mhaoirseacht agus leis an gcomhairle maidir leis na bearta sin arna gcur i bhfeidhm chun an phaindéim a chomhrac (feidhmchláir rianaithe teagmhálaithe, seiceálacha teochta, vacsaíniú); ag tabhairt le fios gurb amhlaidh, i mí an Mhárta 2020, mar fhreagairt ar chomhairliúchán an Choimisiúin maidir le húsáid sonraí teileachumarsáide chun faireachán a dhéanamh ar leathadh phaindéim COVID-19, a mhol an Maoirseoir go ndíreofaí ar íoslaghdú a dhéanamh ar bhailiú agus coinneáil sonraí pearsanta, anaithnidiú sonraí, slándáil sonraí agus rochtain ar shonraí, leormhaitheas na dtréimhsí coinneála sonraí, agus cur chuige díláraithe i leith stóráil agus próiseáil sonraí;
Underlines the crucial role of the Supervisor in protecting personal data and privacy, two fundamental rights in the Union, in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic, particularly the relevance and influence of its assessment of compliance with data protection of the numerous contact tracing and warning apps widespread during the pandemic; acknowledges the subsequent additional workload that has faced the Supervisor in addition to its regular tasks and appreciates that the Supervisor not only ensured business continuity but also increased its productivity thanks to, inter alia, the digitalisation of workflows; welcomes that the Supervisor established a special COVID-19 Task Force, created to deal with all these requests, the supervision and advice as regards those measures put in place to fight the pandemic (contact-tracing apps, temperature checks, vaccination); points out that, in March 2020, in response to the Commission’s consultation on the use of telecommunications data for the monitoring of the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Supervisor suggested to focus on the minimisation of the collection and retention of personal data, data anonymisation, data security and data access, adequacy of data retention periods, and a decentralised approach to data storage and processing;