The European Data Protection Supervisor is an independent authority that supervises the EU administration's processing of personal data to ensure compliance with privacy rules.
Watch video address by Wojciech Wiewiórowski. Read full text. 'EU Digital Solidarity: a call for a pan-European approach against the pandemic'
The latest edition of the EDPS Newsletter is online now!Newsletter n°78
EDPS Comments to DG CONNECT of the European Commission on monitoring of COVID-19 spread.Monitoring spread of COVID-19
Read the press release.EDPS closes investigation into European Parliament’s 2019 election activities
When we started our work on the Strategy for the five-year mandate of the European Data Protection Supervisor, one of the first issues we discussed was whether it should be either a living document, ready to be changed or adjusted, or a robust, future-proof plan. The moment you realise the world has changed: re-thinking the EDPS Strategy
In response to the COVID-19 outbreak, the EDPS has decided to activate its Business Continuity Plan. All EDPS staff will be teleworking from 13 March to 13 April 2020. We understand it as a change of working modality, and we try to operate as normally as possible. We invite you to contact us via our general email: edps@edps.europa.eu, or using the contact form.EDPS response to COVID-19 outbreak
2019 could be described as a year of transition, across Europe and the world. The 2019 Annual Report provides an insight into all EDPS activities in 2019, which was the last year of a five-year EDPS mandate. EDPS activities therefore focused on consolidating the achievements of previous years, assessing the progress made and starting to define priorities for the future. Read the Press Release.Annual Report 2019
The latest edition of the EDPS Newsletter is online now!EDPS Newsletter 77
EDPS Opinion on the opening of negotiations for a new partnership with UK.Opinion: negotiations for a new partnership with UK
On 13 February, the EDPS organised a workshop to discuss and debate challenges and opportunities of AI and Facial Recognition applications in the future to come. The event gathered more than 50 leading researchers, experts and practitioners from academia, regulators, business and civil society, to share their insights and experiences to deepen our understanding of the challenges ahead and the possible policy responses. There was a general consensus that as AI can have a significant impact both on an individual and on society as a whole, clear red lines on certain extremely high-risk scenarios need to be defined where the essence of rights and freedoms of individuals may be at stake. Artificial Intelligence should be used to improve our lives, individually and as a society, but such improvement should never come at the cost of our values and fundamental rights.AI and Facial Recognition: Challenges and Opportunities