Data Protection Day (28 January) celebrates the signing of Convention 108, the first legally binding treaty protecting privacy in the digital age. To mark the occasion, the Council of Europe (CoE) and the European Data Protection Supervisor (EDPS) are co-organising a one-day event focused on new frontiers in data protection.
With Christmas and a new year just around the corner, there is still time for one more catch-up on all things European data protection. In this issue, we have: horizon-scanning releases looking at emerging tech, a look at recent international meetings between data protection authorities, and privacy-focused events to kick off your 2026.
New TechDispatch publication on Digital Identity Wallet: The path towards a data protection by design and by default approach
The EDPS publishes the High-Risk AI Systems Mapping Report in European Institutions, Agencies and Bodies.
EDPS hosts data protection authorities from Western Balkans and Eastern Partnership regions for a day of operational exchanges.
Inter-institutional Committee DIGITAL Transformation (ICDT) Plenary meeting, Opening remarks by Wojciech Wiewiórowski, Brussels, Belgium
“Navigating future public sector challenges in their digital transition: The role of a global company”, Participation by Wojciech Wiewiórowski in roundtable organised by The American European Community Association, Brussels, Belgium
5th meeting of the High-level Group for the Digital Markets Act, Participation by Wojciech Wiewiórowski, Brussels, Belgium
AI Convention Conference, Speech by Wojciech Wiewiórowski in panel on key aspects of personal data protection in light of the AI Framework Convention, Warsaw, Poland
"The role of the Council of Europe's Framework convention on Artificial Intelligence in the protection of privacy and personal data", Speech by Wojciech Wiewiórowski at event organised by Council of Europe and the Polish Personal Data Protection Office, Warsaw, Poland
The EU public administration is currently preparing its own AI systems for the implementation of the AI Act. The EDPS has an important role in this process, as the AI Act nominated it as the market surveillance authority for the AI systems of European Institutions, Agencies and Bodies (EUIs). A new EDPS Artificial Intelligence Unit was established in October 2024.