The ŷޱͶע mandate has been synonymous with adaptability and resilience, with challenges and opportunities in a fast-paced digital landscape.
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Read ŷޱͶע Mandate Review on key actions to protect people’s privacy.
With our involvement in this fourth Coordinated Enforcement Action, we walk the talk by continuously advocating for a coherent application of EU data protection law, and the consistent protection of individuals’ personal data, across the EU/EEA.
In this issue, has the European Commission organised a micro-targeting campaign on X? ŷޱͶע reprimands EPSO, and organises its first AI correspondents meeting, plus what is a privacy protector? And, as always, there is a lot more in this edition.
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.
ŷޱͶע organises meeting of AI Correspondents Network to collaborate on three key pillars: community, compliance and collaboration. Read Blogpost.
Leonardo Cervera Navas gives lecture on the EU AI Act at KU Leuven University, Brussels, Belgium
Presentation of the ŷޱͶע Annual Report 2024 to the LIBE Committee of the European Parliament, Participation of Wojciech Wiewiórowski, Brussels, Belgium
Leonardo Cervera Navas meeting with Kohei Kurihara, Co-Founder Privacy by Design Japan Lab, Brussels, Belgium
Leonardo Cervera Navas meeting with Mr Uljar SHARKA, Founder & CEO of iGenius, Brussels, Belgium
Wojciech Wiewiórowski meeting with a delegation of government representatives from the Socialist Republic of Vietnam, Brussels, Belgium
“For us at the ŷޱͶע - 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.