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Official guidance documents, best practices, and recommendations
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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
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
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
Art. 29 WP Guidelines on GDPR transparency requirements (WP260 rev.01) Guidelines on transparency EDPB
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
Opinion 16/2025 Opinion 16/2025 regarding the draft decision of the German North Rhine Westphalia Supervisory Authority regarding Trusted Site Data Privacy (TÜV IT) certification criteria Opinion ·EDPB Jul 14, 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
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 26/2024 “Catalogue of Criteria for the Certification of IT-supported processing of Personal Data pursuant to art 42 GDPR (‘GDPR – information privacy standard’)” presented ·Opinion ·EDPB Dec 2, 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 19/2024 EuroPrise criteria of certification regarding their approval by the Board as European Data Protection Seal pursuant to Article 42.5 (GDPR) Opinion ·EDPB Jul 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
Report of the work undertaken by the ChatGPT Taskforce EDPB May 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 7/2024 EU Cloud Service Data Protection (Auditor) certification criteria ·Opinion ·EDPB Apr 19, 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
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
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 03/2022 Deceptive design patterns in social media platform interfaces: how to recognise and avoid them Guidelines ·EDPB Feb 24, 2023
Opinion 28/2022 Europrivacy criteria of certification regarding their approval by the Board as European Data Protection Seal pursuant to Article 42.5 (GDPR) Opinion ·EDPB Oct 10, 2022
Statement 04/2022 design choices for a digital euro from the privacy and data protection perspective 1 Adopted Statement 04/2022 on the design choices for a digital euro from the privacy and data protection perspective Adopted on 10 October 2022 The European Data Protection Board… Statement ·EDPB Oct 10, 2022
Opinion 25/2022 Opinion 25/2022 regarding the European Privacy Seal (EuroPriSe ) certification criteria for the certification of processing operations by processors Opinion ·EDPB Sep 19, 2022
Opinion 04/2022 EDPB-EDPS Joint Opinion 04/2022 on the Proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council laying down rules to prevent and combat child sexual abuse Opinion Jul 28, 2022
Opinion 03/2022 EDPB-EDPS Joint Opinion 03/2022 on the Proposal for a Regulation on the European Health Data Space Opinion Jul 12, 2022
Response of the EDPB to the European Commission's targeted consultation on a digital euro Jun 14, 2022
EDPB Annual Report 2021 Enhancing the depth and breadth of data protection 2 EDPB Annual Report 2021 2 ENHANCING THE DEPTH AND BREADTH OF DATA PROTECTION An Executive Summary of this report, which… May 12, 2022
Opinion 2/2022 EDPB-EDPS Joint Opinion 2/2022 on the Proposal of the European Parliament and of the Council on harmonised rules on fair access to and use of data (Data Act) 1 Adopted EDPB - EDP S Joint Opinion 2/2022 on the Proposal of the European Parliament and of the Council on harmonised rules on fair access to and use of data (Data Act) Adopted… Opinion May 4, 2022
Guidelines 01/2021 Guidelines 01/2021 Guidelines on Examples regarding Personal Data Breach Notification Guidelines ·EDPB Jan 3, 2022
Statement on the Digital Services Package and Data Strategy 1 Adopted Statement on the D igital Services Package and Data Strategy Adopted on 18 November 2021 The European Data Protection Board has adopted the following statement: Since… EDPB Nov 18, 2021
Opinion 5/2021 EDPB-EDPS Joint Opinion 5/2021 on the proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council laying down harmonised rules on artificial intelligence (Artificial Intelligence Act) 1 Adopted EDPB - EDPS Joint Opinion 5 /2021 on the proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council laying down harmo nised rules on artificial i… Opinion Jun 18, 2021