28/01/2025 Data Protection Day 2025 To mark the Data Protection Day, the EDPS, Council of Europe, and CPDP Conferences joined forces to host a one-day event: “CPDP – Data Protection Day: A New Mandate for Data Protection.” When: 28 January 2025 Where: European Commission’s Charlemagne, Brussels Format: In-person and online This year’s conference came at a crucial time as new EU political mandates begin shaping the policy landscape. Discussion focused on the evolving mandate of data protection, particularly its essential role as safeguard of our democratic society against excessive intrusions in the citizens’ privacy by public or private actors. Read Blogpost by EDPS Wojciech Wiewiórowski Watch the sessions' recordings on the Event Website Check the Programme
28/01/2025 Data Protection Day 2025! Every year on 28 January, we celebrate Data Protection Day. This date marks the anniversary of the Council of Europe’s Convention 108, the first binding international law securing individuals' rights to protection of their personal data. Read our factsheets to learn more about your rights
27/01/2025 1st meeting of AI Correspondents Network: community, compliance and collaboration EDPS organises meeting of AI Correspondents Network to collaborate on three key pillars: community, compliance and collaboration. Read Blogpost.
20/01/2025 Coordinated Enforcement Action: EDPS findings highlight challenges on right of access to personal data EDPS released today its findings on the enforcement of individuals’ right of access to their personal data when processed by EU institutions, bodies, offices, and agencies (EUIs). Read Press Release Read EDPB Report
16/01/2025 Appointment of the European Data Protection Supervisor Hearing of candidates Bruno Gencarelli, François Pellegrini, Anna Pouliou and Wojciech Wiewiórowski before the Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs for the appointment of the European Data Protection Supervisor. Watch livestreaming Read questions
25 February 2025 Serzycki Award, Participation by Wojciech Wiewiórowski in event organised by the by Polish Data Protection Authority, Warsaw, Poland
24 February 2025 16th Meeting of the Joint Parliamentary Scrutiny Group (JPSG) on Europol, Participation of Wojciech Wiewiórowski, Warsaw, Poland
14 February 2025 40th SEME National Congress and 24th UIME World Congress of Aesthetic Medicine, Speech by Leonardo Cervera Navas, Malaga, Spain
13 February 2025 ISMS Forum - XXVII Jornada de Seguridad de la Información, Speech by Leonardo Cervera Navas, Madrid, Spain
CPDP Data Protection Day 2025: reflections, challenges, and the road ahead 7 February 2025 Wojciech Wiewiórowski “For us at the EDPS - the independent institution in charge of supervising data protection matters within the EU institutions - data protection day is, well, every day.” However, for the rest of the world, data protection is mainly celebrated on 28 January every year. This date marks the signing of Convention 108 in 1981 - a milestone in its own right - since it is the first legally binding international instrument to protect privacy in the digital age. Read more about CPDP Data Protection Day 2025: reflections, challenges, and the road ahead