European Data Protection Supervisor
The EU's independent data protection authority
The EDPS participated in the Hate Speech and Security Summit in Rome. The Summit was organised by the Italian Presidency of the G7 and was also attended by seven Bar Associations.
The initiative was aimed at developing a common strategy and reinforcing the importance of protecting human dignity and the right to privacy in the era of hate speech and fake news.
In his intervention, Giovanni Buttarelli stressed the importance of political will, a common framework and the wise use of new technologies.
14/07/2017
How do millennials relate to digital life and privacy? Read blogpost by Giovanni Buttarelli
11/07/2017
Meeting on convergence and cooperation between EU and Japan on data protection.
10/07/2017
In March this year, my respected colleague Ventislav Karadjov, Chairman of CPDP and I announced that we will jointly be hosting the 40th ICDPPC.
07/07/2017
The EDPS and the Personal Information Protection Commission (PPC) in Japan have met to discuss the implementation of forthcoming GDPR.
"EU Policy Framework on Cybersecurity and Data Protection", Speech by Wojciech Wiewiórowski at 1st Annual CSCG/ENISA Workshop, Brussels, Belgium
Giovanni Buttarelli meeting with ACRO's privacy expertise leaders to discuss implementation of GDPR, Brussels, Belgium
EDPS intervention at ECDC@EU Program, Speech by Wojciech Wiewiórowski via videoconference, Solna, Sweden
Giovanni Buttarelli meeting with Georges Ataya, Professor at Solvay Brussels School of Economics and Management, Brussels, Belgium
Our timeline contains key dates, events and some of the ways the GDPR strengthens data protection in the EU.
