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Read EDPS Mandate Review on key actions to protect people’s privacy.
In this issue, has the European Commission organised a micro-targeting campaign on X? EDPS reprimands EPSO, and organises its first AI correspondents meeting, plus what is a privacy protector? And, as always, there is a lot more in this edition.
Every year on 28 January, we celebrate Data Protection Day. This date marks the anniversary of the Council of Europe’s Convention 108, the first binding international law securing individuals' rights to protection of their personal data.
EDPS organises meeting of AI Correspondents Network to collaborate on three key pillars: community, compliance and collaboration. Read Blogpost.
EDPS released today its findings on the enforcement of individuals’ right of access to their personal data when processed by EU institutions, bodies, offices, and agencies (EUIs).
Working Party on Staff Regulation, Participation by Wojciech Wiewiórowski, Brussels, Belgium
Meeting of the EU AI Board, Participation by Wojciech Wiewiórowski, Brussels, Belgium
Leonardo Cervera Navas meeting with Mr. Giuseppe Abbamonte, Director at the European Commission's DG Connect, Brussels, Belgium
Meeting on State of Artificial Intelligence Regulations, Policies, and Upcoming Challenges, Speech by Wojciech Wiewiórowski in event co-organised by Privacy Symposium and the Italian Data Protection Authority, Rome, Italy
103rd Plenary meeting of the EDPB, Participation of Wojciech Wiewiórowski, Brussels, Belgium
“For us at the EDPS - the independent institution in charge of supervising data protection matters within the EU institutions - data protection day is, well, every day.” However, for the rest of the world, data protection is mainly celebrated on 28 January every year. This date marks the signing of Convention 108 in 1981 - a milestone in its own right - since it is the first legally binding international instrument to protect privacy in the digital age.