EDPS Annual Report 2025: protecting people in a changing digital world
Speech by Wojciech Wiewiórowski at the LIBE Committee presenting the Annual Report 2025
Mit dem Aufkommen neuer Technologien und deren Einbindung in unser tägliches Leben (z. B. Internet der Dinge) ergeben sich neue Formen der Nutzung personenbezogener Daten. In Kombination mit zunehmenden Rechenkapazitäten und immer besseren Erkennungsfunktionen, beispielsweise im Bereich der Biometrik, werfen diese Entwicklungen berechtigte Bedenken bezüglich des Schutzes von Privatsphäre und personenbezogenen Daten auf.
Speech by Wojciech Wiewiórowski at the LIBE Committee presenting the Annual Report 2025
The EDPS Annual Report 2025 looks back over a year when our work was characterised by the operationalisation of our expanding mandate, guided by our strategic principles: Foresight, Action and Solidarity.
This year’s highlights include:
The digital future is here. We are guiding the EU administration through this transformation with expertise and an unwavering focus on your rights.
We have a bumper newsletter this time around, full of all sorts of goings-on in the world of data protection and the EDPS. The start to 2026 has been very busy indeed. We've issued joint opinions with the European Data Protection Board on both the Digital Omnibus and the AI Act. We've established rules to protect data protection officer independence within European institutions. The Supervisor has penned blogposts on EDPS audits, the AI Act Correspondents Network, and the future of regulatory cooperation.
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. Read on!
The idea behind a Digital Identity Wallet (DIW) is to provide users with an easy way to store their identity data and credentials in a digital repository. This enables them to access services in both the physical and digital worlds while ensuring accountability for transactions.