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To mark the Data Protection Day, the EDPS, Council of Europe, and CPDP Conferences are joining 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 comes at a crucial time as new EU political mandates begin shaping the policy landscape. Discussion will focus 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.

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Carissa Véliz is an Associate Professor at the University of Oxford. Prof Véliz graduated in philosophy from the University of Salamanca, completed a master's degree in philosophy at the CUNY graduate centre in New York, and received a doctorate in philosophy from the University of Oxford, where she currently works at the Faculty of Philosophy and the Institute on Ethics of Artificial Intelligence.

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