EDPS – European data protection supervisor

The European Commission’s legislative proposal for an Artificial Intelligence Act is the first initiative, worldwide, that provides a legal framework for Artificial Intelligence (AI). The EDPS welcomes and supports the European Union’s (EU) leadership aiming to ensure that AI solutions are shaped…

Big data means large amounts of different types of data produced at high speed from multiple sources, requiring new and more powerful processors and algorithms to process and to analyse.  These practices and technologies could offer major benefits for economic…

Big data and data mining put a strain on both the right to privacy and data protection, but also other fundamental rights including freedom of expression and non-discrimination. This is because with the large amounts of data that is processed…

Today, European Data Protection Supervisor presented its Annual Report 2020. The Report presents how the EDPS continued to fulfil its role as the data protection authority for EU institutions, agencies and bodies (EUIs) in the context of the pandemic. This…

Brussels, 6 April - The European Data Protection Board (EDPB) and the European Data Protection Supervisor (EDPS) adopted a joint opinion on the Proposals for a Digital Green Certificate. The Digital Green Certificate aims to facilitate the exercise of the right…

The EDPS has issued its Formal Comments on a package of three legislative proposals for a European Health Union. He welcomes a European unified approach to tackle cross-border health threats while respecting the role and competences of EU Member States’ national health…

In his Opinion published on 11 March 2021, the EDPS welcomes the Proposal for the NIS 2.0 Directive, which aims to replace the existing Directive on security of network and information systems (NIS). The goal of the Proposal is to harmonise and strengthen…