CPDP - Data Protection Day opening remarks

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2025

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CPDP - Data Protection Day opening remarks

Speech by the EDPS Secretary General, Leonardo Cervera Navas, at CPDP - Data Protection Day.

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General Data Protection Regulation

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Data Protection Day 2025

28 January 2025

To mark the Data Protection Day, the EDPS, Council of Europe, and CPDP Conferences joined forces to host a one-day event: “CPDP – Data Protection Day: A New Mandate for Data Protection.”

When: 28 January 2025
Where: European Commission’s Charlemagne, Brussels
Format: In-person and online

This year’s conference came at a crucial time as new EU political mandates begin shaping the policy landscape. Discussion focused on the evolving mandate of data protection, particularly its essential role as safeguard of our democratic society against excessive intrusions in the citizens’ privacy by public or private actors.

Read Blogpost by EDPS Wojciech Wiewiórowski
Watch the sessions' recordings on the Event Website
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Data Protection Day 2025!

28 January 2025

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.

Read our factsheets to learn more about your rights

1st meeting of AI Correspondents Network: community, compliance and collaboration

27 January 2025

EDPS organises meeting of AI Correspondents Network to collaborate on three key pillars: community, compliance and collaboration. Read Blogpost.

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Agenda

26 February 2025

Forum Teleinformatyki, Participation by Wojciech Wiewiórowski, Warsaw, Poland

25 February 2025

Serzycki Award, Participation by Wojciech Wiewiórowski in event organised by the by Polish Data Protection Authority, Warsaw, Poland

24 February 2025

16th Meeting of the Joint Parliamentary Scrutiny Group (JPSG) on Europol, Participation of Wojciech Wiewiórowski, Warsaw, Poland

14 February 2025

40th SEME National Congress and 24th UIME World Congress of Aesthetic Medicine, Speech by Leonardo Cervera Navas, Malaga, Spain

13 February 2025

ISMS Forum - XXVII Jornada de Seguridad de la Información, Speech by Leonardo Cervera Navas, Madrid, Spain