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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.… Privacy by Design & Default Supervision Social Media Apr 9, 2026
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 Legitimate Interest Social Media Personal Data Oct 13, 2025
Statement 4/2025 European Commission’s Recommendation on draft non-binding model contractual terms on data sharing under the Data Act 1 Adopted Statement 4 /2025 on the European Commission’s Recommendation on draft non - binding model contractual terms on data sharing under the Data Act (version of 22 May 2025)… Statement ·EDPB Cloud Computing Personal Data Telecommunications 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. Minors Privacy by Default Privacy by Design Jun 25, 2025
EDPB Report on the first review of the European Commission Implementing Decision on the adequate protection of personal data under the EU-US Data Privacy Framework Privacy Shield International Transfer Personal Data Nov 4, 2024
Statement 5/2024 Recommendations of the High-Level Group on Access to Data for Effective Law Enforcement Statement ·EDPB Material scope (GDPR) Integrity and Confidentiality Principle Telecommunications Nov 4, 2024
Guidelines 2/2023 Technical Scope of Art. 5(3) of ePrivacy Directive Guidelines ·EDPB Cookies Telecommunications Direct Marketing Oct 16, 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 Monitoring Artificial Intelligence Interim Measures under AI Act Jul 16, 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… Privacy Shield Social Media Privacy by Design & Default Apr 23, 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 Legitimate Interest Consent Social Media 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 Monitoring Telecommunications Minors Feb 14, 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… Certification Supervision Human Resources Dec 15, 2023
Report of the work undertaken by the supervisory authorities within the 101 Taskforce Final 1 Report of the work undertaken by the supervisory authorities within the 101 Task Force 28 March 2023 Final 2 Final 3 DISCLAIMER The EDPB created the 101 Task Force to… EDPB Social Media Supervision Personal Data Apr 19, 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… Social Media Supervision Supervisory Authorities Apr 17, 2023
Guidelines 9/2022 personal data breach notification under GDPR Guidelines ·EDPB Data Breaches Notification Obligation Controllers Apr 4, 2023
Guidelines 03/2022 Deceptive design patterns in social media platform interfaces: how to recognise and avoid them Guidelines ·EDPB Social Media Inspection Access Rights and Cooperation Obligations Privacy by Default Feb 24, 2023
Report of the work undertaken by the Cookie Banner Taskforce EDPB Cookies Telecommunications Direct Marketing Jan 18, 2023
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 Minors Telecommunications Child Consent 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 Healthcare Health Data Healthcare Jul 12, 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… Privacy Shield Social Media International Transfer 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 Personal Data Healthcare Marketing May 4, 2022
Guidelines 01/2021 Guidelines 01/2021 Guidelines on Examples regarding Personal Data Breach Notification Guidelines ·EDPB Data Breaches Notification Obligation Security Jan 3, 2022
Contribution of the EDPB to the European Commission’s evaluation of the Data Protection Law Enforcement Directive (LED) under Article 62 AI Investigative Powers Social Media Mutual Assistance Between Member States for AI Oversight Dec 14, 2021
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 Data Governance for AI Unacceptable Risk AI Systems Genetic Data Nov 18, 2021
Guidelines 02/2021 virtual voice assistants Guidelines ·EDPB Retention Period Privacy by Default Privacy by Design Jul 7, 2021
Guidelines 07/2020 concepts of controller and processor in the GDPR Guidelines ·EDPB Controllers Processors Joint Controllers Jul 7, 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 Artificial Intelligence Biometric Data Identification Jun 18, 2021
Statement 05/2021 Data Governance Act in light of the legislative developments Statement ·EDPB Personal Data Processing Privacy Impact Assessment May 20, 2021
EDPB contribution to the 6th round of consultations on the draft Second Additional Protocol to the Council of Europe Budapest Convention on Cybercrime International Transfer Social Media Telecommunications May 4, 2021
Guidelines 8/2020 targeting of social media users Guidelines ·EDPB Marketing Social Media Personal Data Apr 13, 2021
EDPB Work Programme 2021-2022 EDPB Work Programme 2021/2022 The European Data Protection Board The European Data Protection Board (EDPB) is an independent European body established by the General Data… DPIA Supervision Certification Mar 16, 2021
Opinion 03/2021 EDPB-EDPS Joint Opinion 03/2021 on the Proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on European data governance (Data Governance Act) 1 Adopted EDPB - EDPS Joint Opinion 03 /2021 on the Proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Coun cil on European data governance (Data Governance Act)… Opinion Personal Data Data Governance for AI Social Media Mar 11, 2021
Statement 03/2021 ePrivacy Regulation Statement ·EDPB Telecommunications Cookies Direct Marketing Mar 9, 2021
Guidelines 01/2020 processing personal data in the context of connected vehicles and mobility related applications Guidelines ·EDPB Personal Data Retention Period Insurance Mar 9, 2021
Statement 02/2021 new draft provisions of the second additional protocol to the Council of Europe Convention on Cybercrime (Budapest Convention) 1 [ vo.1 ] [ adopted] Statement 0 2 /2021 on new draft provisions of the second additional protocol to the Council of Europe Convention on Cybercrime (Budapest Convention) Adopted… Statement ·EDPB Telecommunications International Transfer Personal Data Feb 2, 2021
Guidelines 06/2020 interplay of the Second Payment Services Directive and the GDPR Guidelines on the Interplay between the application of Article 3 and the provisions on international transfers as per Chapter V of the GDPR Guidelines ·EDPB Personal Data GDPR Subject-Matter and Objectives Consent Dec 15, 2020
Statement on the ePrivacy Regulation and the future role of Supervisory Authorities and the EDPB Telecommunications Supervision Cookies Nov 19, 2020
Recommendations 02/2020 European Essential Guarantees for surveillance measures Recommendations ·EDPB Personal Data Monitoring Social Media Nov 10, 2020
EDPB Annual Report 2019 EDPB Annual Report 2019 1 EDPB Annual Report 2019 1 European Data Protection Board 2019 Annual Report WORKING TOGETHER FOR STRONGER RIGHTS An Executive Summary of this report,… Privacy by Default Supervision Privacy by Design May 18, 2020
Guidelines 05/2020 consent under Regulation 2016/679 Guidelines on consent Guidelines ·EDPB Consent Personal Data GDPR Subject-Matter and Objectives May 4, 2020
Guidelines 04/2020 use of location data and contact tracing tools in the context of the COVID-19 outbreak Guidelines ·EDPB Personal Data Privacy by Design Privacy by Design & Default Apr 21, 2020
Statement on the processing of personal data in the context of the COVID-19 outbreak EDPB Controllers Personal Data Processing Mar 19, 2020
Contribution of the EDPB to the evaluation of the GDPR under Article 97 1 Adopted Contribution of the EDPB to the e valuation of the GDPR under Article 97 Adopted on 18 February 2020 2 Adopted Table of content s General EDPB policy messages… International Transfer Supervision Fines Feb 18, 2020
Guidelines 1/2020 processing personal data in the context of connected vehicles and mobility related applications Guidelines on processing of personal data through video devices Guidelines ·EDPB Privacy by Default Privacy by Design Privacy by Design & Default 2020
Guidelines 2/2019 processing of personal data under Article 6(1)(b) GDPR in the context of the provision of online services to data subjects 1 Adopted Guidelines 2/2019 on the processing of personal data under Article 6(1)(b) GDPR in the context of the provision of online services to data subjects Version 2.0 8 October… Guidelines ·EDPB Personal Data Processing Retention Period Oct 16, 2019
EDPB Annual Report 2018 EDPB Annual Report 2018 1 EDPB Annual Report 2018 1 European Data Protection Board 2018 Annual Report Cooperation & Transparency An Executive Summary of this report, which gives… Telecommunications Certification Privacy Shield Jul 16, 2019
Opinion 1/2019 EDPB-EDPS Joint Opinion 1/2019 on the processing of patients’ data and the role of the European Commission within the eHealth Digital Service Infrastructure (eHDSI) Opinion Personal Data Health Data Healthcare Jul 12, 2019
Statement 3/2019 an ePrivacy regulation Statement ·EDPB Telecommunications Cookies Direct Marketing Mar 13, 2019
Opinion 5/2019 interplay between the ePrivacy Directive and the GDPR, in particular regarding the competence, tasks and powers of data protection authorities Opinion ·EDPB Cookies Telecommunications Supervisory Authorities Mar 12, 2019
EDPB LIBE report on the implementation of GDPR 1 First overview on the implementation of the GDPR and the roles and means of the national supervisory authorities Executive Summary This document sets out an overview of the… Supervision Supervisory Authorities Human Resources Feb 26, 2019