On July 4 2025, the EDPS and EDPB Trainees organise the conference From Cradle to Cloud: Surveillance and Digitalisation around Childhood, to reflect and foster discussion on the digital rights of children and minors in today’s world.
The EDPS TechDispatch provides factual descriptions of a new technology and its implication for personal data protection. Learn more about Federated Learning in this new edition.
On 3 June 2025, EDPS, BfDI and BayLfD organised a high-level debate to reflect on the EU's Digital Rulebook. The video recording of the debate is now available on:
The EDPS published on 28 May 2025 an Opinion on the Proposal for a Regulation establishing a common system for the return of third-country nationals staying illegally in the EU.
The objective of the Proposal is to ensure the effective return and re-admission of third-country nationals illegally staying in the EU by providing Member States with simplified and common rules.
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CPDP is back! Discover the EDPS involvement in this year's Conference on Computers, Privacy and Data Protection, taking place on May 21-23 in Brussels.
The EDPS will organise two panels on Artificial Intelligence and Data Protection. EDPS' experts will also participate as speakers in other panels and the Supervisor will deliver the conference's closing remarks.
The EDPS has developed Guidance for co-legislators on the main elements to consider when developing legislative proposals that imply the processing of personal data.
In this issue, read about our trainees’ vision for Europe; our upcoming event on the future of data protection; current affairs on data protection law; our advice and tools for EU institutions, bodies, offices and agencies, and MORE! Read it here.
Every year at the EDPS, we celebrate Europe Day, the achievements and opportunities it made possible to Europeans. Honouring the legacy of those who advanced the European project is as important as looking ahead and listening to the generations that will shape its future. EDPS Supervisor has therefore asked them about how the EU has impacted their lives and what it means to be European today.
The European Data Protection Board (EDPB) and the European Data Protection Supervisor (EDPS) have adopted a letter, addressed to the European Commission, on the upcoming proposal on the simplification of record-keeping obligation under the GDPR, amounting to a targeted amendment of Art. 30(5) GDPR.
The joint letter replies to the letter sent by the European Commission to the EDPB and the EDPS on 6 May 2025 where the Commission explained how it intends to introduce specific modifications to the GDPR. The EDPB and EDPS understand that a formal consultation will take place after the publication of the proposed legislative change.
The EDPB and EDPS shared that, at this stage, they could express preliminary support to this targeted simplification initiative, bearing in mind that this would not affect the obligation of controllers and processors to comply with other GDPR obligations. Nevertheless, the EDPB and EDPS asked the Commission to better evaluate the impact on the organisation subject to this change, to assess whether the draft proposal ensure a proportionate and fair balance between the protection of personal data and the interests of organisations with less than 500 employees.
