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Data Protection Day

On 28 January each year, member states of the Council of Europe and EU institutions celebrate Data Protection Day. It marks the anniversary of the Council of Europe’s data protection convention, known as “Convention 108”. It was the first binding international law concerning individuals’ rights to the protection of their personal data. Happy Data Protection Day!

EDPS Newsletter 76

The latest edition of the EDPS Newsletter is online now!

Right to information - guide for authorities when taking fingerprints for Eurodac

TechDispatch #3: Connected Cars

TechDispatch #3 is available here.

Press release - EDPS takes on new supervisory role at Eurojust

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New EDPS mandate 2019-2024

The appointment of Wojciech Wiewiórowski as the new European Data Protection Supervisor (EDPS) was confirmed on 5 December 2019. The Pole, who served as Assistant Supervisor under the late Giovanni Buttarelli during the 2014-2019 mandate, takes up his new position today.