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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. 

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5 (good) reasons for an EDPS audit

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

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EDPS supports targeted VAT data access to fight fraud at EU level, warns against blurring administrative and criminal boundaries

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.

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EDPS Newsletter is out!

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!

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TechDispatch: Digital Identity Wallet

New TechDispatch publication on Digital Identity Wallet: The path towards a data protection by design and by default approach

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A day at the EDPS with representatives from the Western Balkans and Eastern Partnership Region

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

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57th EDPS–DPO Meeting: Strengthening Compliance and Practice Across the EU Institutions

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

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Read our Newsletter 116!

We are back and there is a lot to catch up on! Read on for events to register for; new EDPS publications and Opinions on AI and transatlantic data sharing; reflections on events on cross-border data protection, privacy tech and the AI Act; news on EDPS oversight of EU border systems; an update on a key court judgement; and more.

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TechSonar Report 2025

The TechSonar report 2025-2026 explores six trends: agentic AI, AI companions, automated proctoring, AI-driven personalised learning, coding assistants and confidential computing.