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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. Read also the EDPS 20th Anniversary Book: Two decades of personal data protection. What's next?

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

Portrait of Max Schrems in white background with blue semicircle on the left side and his affiliation

New Talk with Max Schrems is out!

Watch with us another episode with one of the most influential privacy activist and lawyer who became known for campaigns against privacy violations, advocating for stronger enforcement of data protection and privacy law against big tech companies

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TechSonar 2025

This year, we focused on the rapidly growing AI technologies and described how emerging trends could impact the rights and freedoms of individuals . In the report you will find critical overview of six trends. 

IAPP Europe Data Protection Congress 2024, Leonardo Cervera Navas speaking in panel 'AI Act in Action 4: Distributed Enforcement, Impacts and Interplay', Brussels, Belgiuum

Wojciech Wiewiórowski meeting with Mr Cameron Kerry, Former General Counsel & Acting Sec'y at US Commerce Department, Brussels, Belgium

Wojciech Wiewiórowski meeting with Mr Krzysztof Śmiszek, Member of the European Parliament, Brussels, Belgium

'The right of children and young persons to digital health and protection from economic exploitation', Speech by Leonardo Cervera Navas in event organised by Asociación Europea para la Transición Digital (AETD) on the occasion of World's Children Day (via videolink), Madrid, Spain

Wojciech Wiewiórowski meeting with Mr Ryan Beiermeister, Vice President of Product Policy, Ms Rafaela Nicolazzi, Data & Privacy Lead, Ms Olga Nowicka, EU Policy Lead at OpenAI, Brussels, Belgium