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Data Protection Officer

 

Each EU institution, body or agency (EU institutions) has appointed a data protection officer (DPO). It is the DPO's duty to ensure in an independent manner the internal application of the data protection rules applicable to the EU institution. This also involves other tasks such as ensuring that controllers and individuals (data subjects) are informed of their rights and obligations, and cooperating with the EDPS at his request or on their own initiative. A list of data protection officers can be found on the EDPS website.

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Dec
2025
Guidelines

EDPS Supervisory Guidance on the Role of the Data Protection Officers in EU institutions, bodies, offices and agencies

This Guidance sets out the EDPS interpretation of the role, position, and tasks of DPOs in Union institutions, bodies, offices and agencies (EUIs) under Regulation (EU) 2018/1725. It aims to support EUIs in ensuring the effective, independent, and consistent application of Union data protection law, while reinforcing the DPO’s role as a key internal safeguard for the protection of personal data.

NB: The EDPS Decision adopting the Rules on the application of the requirement of prior consent by the EDPS for the dismissal of DPOs mentioned in the Guidance, is scheduled to be published in the Official Journal of the European Union at the start of 2026 and shall enter into force on the 20th day after its publication.

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