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.
The EDPS publishes the results of its survey on the role, responsibilities and tasks of data protection officers in the EU institutions, bodies, offices and agencies (EUIs). The outcome of the survey demonstrates a high level of awareness and compliance of EUIs with data protection officers’ advice. The press release is available here.
Executive summary of the audit report on remotely proctored testing by the European Personnel Selection Office (EPSO).
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53rd meeting of the EDPS and the Data Protection Officers of the EU institutions, bodies, offices and agencies at the European Parliament in Strasbourg, 30 November 2023.
Executive Summary of the Audit report on the handling of data subject rights and their restriction at the European Investment Bank (EIB).