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Data Protection Day 2024

Each year on 28 January, we celebrate Data Protection Day. This date commemorates the anniversary of the Council of Europe’s Convention 108, the first binding international law securing individuals' rights to protection of their personal data.

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Newsletter Digest - Bonus Episode #2

Happy Data Protection Day! Listen to our Q&A with the EDPS' Data Protection Officer

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EDPS assesses privacy impact of Regulation to combat migrant smuggling and human trafficking

The EDPS makes a series of recommendations on four key issues in the proposed Regulation that could have an important impact on individuals’ personal data and privacy. To found out the EDPS' detailed advice to the EU's co-legislators, read Press Release and Opinion.

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Announcing: CPDP Data Protection Day Conference

Join us on 25 January 2024 in Brussels at the Computers, Privacy, Data Protection conference organised by the EDPS, the Privacy Salon, CPDP colleagues, and the Council of Europe to mark Data Protection Day. More information on the topics to be discussed and registration details here: cpdp-dataprotectionday.eu.

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EDPS publishes results of the Coordinated Enforcement Action on data protection officers

The EDPS publishes the results of its survey on the role, responsibilities and tasks of data protection officers in the EU institutions, bodies, offices and agencies (EUIs).

Read Press Release

Read Report and survey results

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EDPS Anniversary: celebrating 20 years of protecting personal data

Since 2004, the EDPS protects the personal data of EU citizens and guides EU institutions, bodies, offices and agencies so that they are exemplary in upholding data protection principles. The celebration of these two decades is an opportunity to reflect on past, present, and future challenges for a modern regulator in order to pave the way forward for the next 20 years.

Read the blogpost and watch the video of Wojciech Wiewiórowski presenting the EDPS 20th anniversary's activities.

Explore the 20th Anniversary website and learn about its four pillars:

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Newsletter Digest Episode 9 is out!

Newsletter Digest Podcast - episode #9 is out. Have a listen now!

Newsletter #106

Newsletter #106

Read the latest news, activities and actions of the European Data Protection Supervisor.