European Federation of Data Protection Officers

Coming together is a beginning, staying together is progress, working together is success.

Our Mission

The European Federation of Data Protection Officers (EFDPO) is a European network of national associations of data protection and privacy officers. Our mission is to establish a European representation of interests for DPOs as a partner of institutions such as the European Commission, the European Parliament, the Council of the European Union, the European Data Protection Board and national data protection authorities. In doing so, the EFDPO aims to strengthen data protection as a competitive and locational advantage for Europe.

Our Goals

The EU’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) marks a milestone in data protection and is used as a blueprint for similar pieces of legislation across the globe. In view of the GDPR’s impact, the representation of our interests as national associations of data protection officers (DPO) at the European level is becoming increasingly important.

Our main objectives are:

to create a European network of national associations to exchange information, experience and methods;
a continuous dialogue with the political sphere, business representatives and civil society to ensure a flow of information from the European to the national level;
to proactively monitor, evaluate and shape the implementation of the GDPR and other European privacy legal acts;
to keep the existing rules for DPOs as our minimum objective;
to promote high qualification standards for DPOs and improve the quality of training and professional practice.

Member Associations

representing

Data Protection Officers

Our Goals

Our main objectives are:

to create a European network of national associations to exchange information, experience and methods;
a continuous dialogue with the political sphere, business representatives and civil society to ensure a flow of information from the European to the national level;
to proactively monitor, evaluate and shape the implementation of the GDPR and other European privacy legal acts;
to keep the existing rules for DPOs as our minimum objective;
to promote high qualification standards for DPOs and improve the quality of training and professional practice.

Member Associations

representing

Data Protection Officers

start benefiting from EFDPO!

If your association wants to benefit from our mutual exchange of information, an increased awareness as part of our network, regular dialogue with supervisory authorities, joint events and conferences with attractive discounts for your members, find out more about our membership.

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Latest News

National Insights: Thinking holistically about AI

Dec 13, 2022

EFDPO member Association APDPO inteveiwed Eduardo Magrani, currently Senior Consultant at CCA Law Firm, on the current trends, risks and benefits of Artificial Intelligence and how the topic is...

About new stumbling blocks and how to avoid them – expert knowledge for practice

Dec 8, 2022

On the 30th November, the 4th Data Protection Seminar in Liechtenstein took place at the Private University of Liechtenstein.

General Court: WhatsApp annulment action inadmissible

Dec 7, 2022

The EDPB welcomes today’s CJEU's General Court ruling stating that the action for annulment brought by WhatsApp Ireland Ltd (WhatsApp IE) against binding decision 01/2021 of the EDPB is...

EDPB adopts Art. 65 dispute resolution binding decisions regarding Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp

Dec 6, 2022

Brussels, 6 December - The EDPB adopted three dispute resolution decisions on the basis of Art. 65 GDPR concerning Meta Platforms Ireland Limited (Meta IE). The binding decisions address important...

Survey on the current situation of DPOs

Dec 6, 2022

The data protection associations of Liechtenstein, Austria and Switzerland have conducted a survey on the current situation of data protection officers among their members. The result was presented...

Irish Supervisory Authority announces decision in Facebook “Data Scraping” inquiry

Dec 1, 2022

Background information Date of final decision: 25 November 2022 Cross-border, subject to the cooperation and consistency mechanism outlined in Article 60 GDPR. LSA: Irish Supervisory Authority (SA)....

Coordinated Supervision Committee re-elects coordinator

Dec 1, 2022

The Coordinated Supervision Committee (CSC) has re-elected Clara Guerra from the Portuguese data protection authority (DPA) as its coordinator for a term of two years. The CSC ensures the...

EDPB adopts Recommendations on the application for approval and on the elements and principles to be found in Controller Binding Corporate Rules

Nov 15, 2022

During its November plenary, the EDPB adopted Recommendations on the application for approval and on the elements and principles to be found in Controller Binding Corporate Rules (BCR-C). These...

A unified framework for emerging technologies in Greece

Nov 9, 2022

Greek Law 4961/2022 entitled “Emerging IT and communications technologies, strengthening digital governance and other provisions” was published in the Government Gazette (Government Gazette A’/146/27-07-2022) and creates one of the first unified frameworks on emerging technologies within the EU.