Following many years of intense political debate on data protection in the European Union, the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) will finally become law across the EU in May 2018 and is designed to be the cornerstone of data protection in Europe. It sets out directly applicable rules on the rights of data subjects, the duties of those organisations that demand the processing of personal data and those that do the processing (data controllers and processors), international data transfers and the powers of supervisory authorities.
Keynote speech by Wojciech Wiewiórowski, European Data Protection Supervisor at the Europol Data Protection Expert Network (EDEN) Conference 2024, The Hague, The Netherlands
On 20 June 2024, we invite you to the European Data Protection Summit: “Rethinking Data in a Democratic Society”. This unique event brings together privacy experts, technology specialists, policy-makers, and other influential voices to discuss how data protection can safeguard our democratic society.
EDPS Formal comments on the draft Commission Implementing Regulation laying down the rules for the application of Regulation(EU) 2023/988 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards the modalities for consumers and other interested parties to inform the Commission of products that might present a risk to the health and safety of consumers and for the transmission of such information to the national authorities concerned
EDPS Opinion 14/2024 on the Proposal for a Directive on harmonised river information services (RIS) on inland waterways in the Community
To celebrate Data Protection Day (28 January), the Council of Europe (CoE), CPDP and the European Data Protection Supervisor (EDPS), are co-organising a one-day event full of keynote speeches and panel discussions on how to safeguard individuals’ rights to privacy and data protection.