News

The digital regulatory landscape now extends beyond data protection, consumer protection and competition law. In response to rapid technological and regulatory developments, the EDPS invites you to discuss the future of cross-regulatory cooperation.

Effective cross-regulatory cooperation is necessary to ensure consistent application of recent laws such as the Data Governance Act, Digital Markets Act, Digital Services Act, Data Act, and Artificial Intelligence Act - each of which highlight the critical role of personal data in the digital economy and the need to protect individuals. The EDPS proposes a Digital Clearinghouse 2.0 to provide competent authorities with a forum to exchange and coordinate on issues of common interest.

When: 27 January 2026
Where: European Commission, Charlemagne building, Brussels

Read the speech

Read the blog post

Re-watch the panels

EDPB and EDPS support streamlining AI Act implementation but call for stronger safeguards to protect fundamental rights.

Read the Joint Opinion

In this podcast series we are observing 6 AI trends from the TechSonar 2025-2026: covering agentic AI, AI companions, automated proctoring, AI-driven personalised learning, coding assistants, and confidential computing. 

Read the blogpost on audits in practice: a predictable and proportionate tool supporting compliance, risk management and trust across EU institutions.

Read the Press Release on the EDPS' support of the targeted VAT data access to fight fraud at EU level, while warning against blurring administrative and criminal boundaries.

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!

Listen to the podcast

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.

Read the report

Read the blogpost by Wojciech Wiewiórowski

EDPS hosts data protection authorities from Western Balkans and Eastern Partnership regions for a day of operational exchanges.

Blogpost on the 57th EDPS-DPO Meeting by Thomas Zerdick, Acting Secretary-General and Head of Supervision and Enforcement Unit.