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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:

self-portrait of Eliška Pírková with her affiliations and blue circle on the left side

Introducing a new interview with Eliška Pírková

Eliška is a legal expert and digital rights advocate known for her work in internet governance and online freedom of expression. Together we discuss freedom of expression, democracy, privacy and digital rights in the context of a "super election year".

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Episode of mini video series is out!

Join us as we speak with leading experts who witnessed the evolution of data protection globally first-hand. The second episode features Peter Hustinx and focuses on the work that led to the Council of Europe’s Convention 108. 

Wojciech Wiewiórowski speaking in workshop organised by the Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Brussels, Belgium

Wojciech Wiewiórowski meeting with Ms Agnieszka Bartol, the Ambassador of Poland to the European Union, Brussels, Belgium

Conferencia Internacional ASEDIE, Speech by Leonardo Cervera Navas in event organised by the Instituto Nacional de Estadística (INE), Madrid, Spain

Wojciech Wiewiórowski meeting with Fabrice Leggeri, Member of the European Parliament, Brussels, Belgium

“Algoritmos Éticos y Responsables para el Desarrollo Humano", Speech by Leonardo Cervera Navas organised by Fundación Hermes (via video link), Brussels, Belgium