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.
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!Data Protection Day
The latest edition of the EDPS Newsletter is online now!EDPS Newsletter 76
Read the informative leaflet.Right to information - guide for authorities when taking fingerprints for Eurodac
Read opinion. You can send your comments and reactions at POLICY-CONSULT@edps.europa.eu EDPS Opinion - Preliminary Opinion on data protection and scientific research
TechDispatch #3 is available here.TechDispatch #3: Connected Cars
Read the press release and guidelines.EDPS publishes new Proportionality Guidelines
The latest edition of the EDPS Newsletter is online now!EDPS Newsletter 75
Read the press release.Press release - EDPS takes on new supervisory role at Eurojust
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.New EDPS mandate 2019-2024
The EDPS issues a report together with a press release to provide an overview of the activities carried out from 2015-2019. In particular, the report focuses on the implementation of the objectives set out in the EDPS Strategy 2015-2019, which relate to digitisation, global partnerships and the modernisation of data protection.Leading by Example: EDPS 2015-2019