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Official guidance documents, best practices, and recommendations
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Opinion 15/2026 Europrivacy certification criteria regarding their approval by the Board as European Data Protection Seal to be used as tool for transfers pursuant to Articles 42 and 46 GDPR Opinion ·EDPB Apr 16, 2026
Opinion 14/2026 Europrivacy certification criteria regarding their approval by the Board as European Data Protection Seal pursuant to Article 42.5 GDPR Opinion ·EDPB Apr 16, 2026
EDPB Annual Report 2025 Clarity in action: Supporting stakeholders through guidance and dialogue Annual Report 2025 Foreword 3 Highlights 4 1. The EDPB Secretariat 6 1.1 Mission And Activities 8 2.… Apr 9, 2026
Report on stakeholder event on processing of personal data to target or deliver political advertisements EDPB Mar 27, 2026
EDPB Work Programme 2026-2027 EDPB Work Programme 2026–2027 Adopted on 11 February 2026 EDPB Work Programme 2026-2027 2 The European Data Protection Board The European Data Protection Board (EDPB) is an… Feb 12, 2026
Art. 29 WP Guidelines on GDPR transparency requirements (WP260 rev.01) Guidelines on transparency EDPB
Opinion 27/2025 Opinion 27/2025 regarding the European Commission Draft Implementing Decision pursuant to Directive (EU) 2016/680 on the adequate protection of personal data by the United Kingdom Opinion ·EDPB Oct 16, 2025
Joint Guidelines on the Interplay between the Digital Markets Act and the General Data Protection Regulation Executive summary The Digital Markets Act (DMA) and the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) pursue different purposes and objectives and have different scopes. While the… EDPB Oct 13, 2025
EDPB comments on European Commission's Guidelines on Art. 28 DSA EDPB, EDPB comments on European Commission's Guidelines on Art. 28 DSA, 2025. Jun 25, 2025
Opinion 07/2025 Opinion 07/2025 regarding the European Commission Draft Implementing Decision pursuant to Regulation (EU) 2016/679 on the adequate protection of personal data by the European Patent Organisation EDPB, Opinion 07/2025 regarding the European Commission Draft Implementing Decision pursuant to Regulation (EU) 2016/679 on the adequate protection of personal data by the… Opinion ·EDPB May 6, 2025
SPE Programma - AI Privacy Risks & Mitigations Large Language Models (LLMs) (Isabel BARBERÁ) "The AI Privacy Risks & Mitigations Large Language Models (LLMs) report puts forward a comprehensive risk management methodology for LLM systems with a number of practical… EDPB Apr 21, 2025
Opinion 3/2025 “Lexing GDPR certification criteria” EDPB, Opinion 3/2025 on the draft decision of the French Supervisory Authority (FR SA) regarding the “Lexing GDPR certification criteria”, 2025. ·Opinion ·EDPB Apr 14, 2025
Statement 2/2025 implementation of the PNR Directive in light of CJEU Judgment C-817/19 Statement Mar 14, 2025
Opinion 28/2024 certain data protection aspects related to the processing of personal data in the context of AI models Opinion ·EDPB Dec 18, 2024
Opinion 27/2024 Brand Compliance criteria of certification regarding their approval by the Board as European Data Protection Seal pursuant to Article 42.5 (GDPR) Opinion ·EDPB Dec 2, 2024
Statement 5/2024 Recommendations of the High-Level Group on Access to Data for Effective Law Enforcement Statement ·EDPB Nov 4, 2024
Opinion 22/2024 certain obligations following from the reliance on processor(s) and sub-processor(s) A dopted 1 Opinion 22/2024 on certain obligations following from the reliance on processor(s) and sub - processor(s) Adopted on 7 October 2024 Adopted 2 Executive summary The… Opinion ·EDPB Oct 9, 2024
EDPB Work Programme 2024-2025 The European Data Protection Board (EDPB) is an independent European body established by the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). The EDPB has the following main tasks: 1.… Oct 9, 2024
Statement 3/2024 data protection authorities’ role in the Artificial Intelligence Act framework Final 1 Statement 3/2024 on data protection authorities’ role in the Artificial Intelligence Act framework Adopted on 16 July 2024 The European Data Protection Board has adopted… Statement ·EDPB Jul 16, 2024
Opinion 12/2024 “Code of Conduct for Service Providers in Clinical Research” submitted by EUCROF 1 Adopted Opinion 12 /202 4 on the draft decision of the French Supervisory Authority regarding the “ Code of Conduct for Service Providers in Clinical Research” submitted by… ·Opinion ·EDPB Jun 18, 2024
Opinion 11/2024 use of facial recognition to streamline airport passengers’ flow (compatibility with Articles 5(1)(e) and(f), 25 and 32 GDPR) A dopted Opinion 11/2024 on the use of facial recognition to streamline airport passengers’ flow (compatibility with Articles 5(1)(e) and(f), 25 and 32 GDPR Version 1.1 Adopted on… Opinion ·EDPB May 24, 2024
Information Note on the Data Privacy Framework redress mechanism for national security purposes 1 Information Note on the redress mechanism for EU/EEA individuals in relation to alleged violations of U.S. law with respect to their data collected by U.S authorities competent… EDPB Apr 24, 2024
EDPB Annual Report 2023 EDPB Annual Report 2023 1 2023 ANNUAL REPORT SAFEGUARDING INDIVIDUALS' DIGITAL RIGHTS 2 FOREWORD 4 HIGHLIGHTS 2023 6 1. THE EDPB SECRETARIAT 8 1.1. MISSION AND ACTIVITIES IN 2023… Apr 23, 2024
Opinion 6/2024 draft list of the Latvian SA on pro-cessing operations exempt from the data protection impact assessment requirement (Art. 35.5 GDPR) Opinion ·EDPB Apr 18, 2024
Opinion 08/2024 Valid Consent in the Context of Consent or Pay Models Implemented by Large Online Platforms A dopted 1 Opinion 08/2024 on Valid Consent in the Context of Consent or Pay Models Implemented by Large Online Platforms Adopted on 17 April 2024 Adopted 2 Adopted 3 Executive… Opinion ·EDPB Apr 17, 2024
Statement 1/2024 legislative developments regarding the Proposal for a Regulation laying down rules to prevent and combat child sexual abuse Statement ·EDPB Feb 14, 2024
Opinion 37/2023 approval of the requirements for accreditation of a certification body pursuant to Art. 43.3 1 Adopted Opinion 37/2023 on the draft decision of the competent supervisory authority of Luxemburg regarding the approval of the requirements for accreditation of a certification… ·Opinion ·EDPB Dec 21, 2023
EDPB Article 97 GDPR application report: GDPR successful but improvements needed 1 Adop ted Contribution of the EDPB to the report on the application of the GDPR under Article 97 Adopted on 12 December 2023 2 Adop ted 3 Adop ted Ge neral EDPB policy messages 1… Dec 15, 2023
Opinion 02/2023 EDPB-EDPS Joint Opinion 02/2023 on the Proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on the establishment of the digital euro Adopted 2 Adopted 3 Executive summary Two years after the launch of the investigation phase on the issuance of a digital euro by the European Central Bank (ECB), the European… Opinion Oct 17, 2023
Opinion 11/2023 approval of the requirements for accreditation of a code of conduct monitoring body pursuant to article 41 GDPR 1 Adopted Opinion 11/2023 on the draft decision of the competent supervisory authority of Sweden regarding the approval of the requirements for accreditation of a code of conduct… ·Opinion ·EDPB Jul 11, 2023
Recommendations 1/2022 Application for Approval and on the elements and principles to be found in Controller Binding Corporate Rules (Art. 47 GDPR) Recommendations ·EDPB Jun 20, 2023
Guidelines 05/2022 use of facial recognition technology in the area of law enforcement Guidelines ·EDPB May 17, 2023
EDPB Annual Report 2022 EDPB Annual Report 2022 1 2022 ANNUAL REPORT STREAMLINING ENFORCEMENT THROUGH COOPERATION An Executive Summary of this report, which provides an overview of key EDPB activities in… Apr 17, 2023
Guidelines 05/2021 Interplay between the application of Article 3 and the provisions on international transfers as per Chapter V of the GDPR Guidelines ·EDPB Feb 24, 2023
Guidelines 03/2022 Deceptive design patterns in social media platform interfaces: how to recognise and avoid them Guidelines ·EDPB Feb 24, 2023
Guidelines 07/2022 certification as a tool for transfers Guidelines on certification and identifying certification criteria Guidelines ·EDPB Feb 24, 2023
EDPB Work Programme 2023-2024 EDPB Work Programme 2023/2024 Adopted on 14 February 2023 The European Data Protection Board The European Data Protection Board (EDPB) is an independent European body established… Feb 22, 2023
Opinion 03/2023 approval of the requirements for accreditation of a code of conduct monitoring body pursuant to article 41 GDPR 1 Adopted Opinion 03/2023 on the draft decision of the competent supervisory authority of Romania regarding the approval of the requirements for accreditation of a code of conduct… ·Opinion ·EDPB Feb 17, 2023