𝐄𝐮𝐫𝐨𝐩𝐞𝐚𝐧 𝐃𝐚𝐭𝐚 𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐭𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐁𝐨𝐚𝐫𝐝 (𝐄𝐃𝐏𝐁): 𝐒𝐚𝐟𝐞𝐠𝐮𝐚𝐫𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐆𝐃𝐏𝐑 𝐀𝐜𝐫𝐨𝐬𝐬 𝐄𝐮𝐫𝐨𝐩𝐞 The #EDPB is an 𝐢𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐩𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐄𝐔 𝐛𝐨𝐝𝐲 ensuring 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐨𝐧𝐠 𝐞𝐧𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐜𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐆𝐃𝐏𝐑 throughout the European Economic Area. 🔹 𝐖𝐡𝐨’𝐬 𝐨𝐧 𝐁𝐨𝐚𝐫𝐝? Heads of National Data Protection Authorities (one per EU Member State) European Data Protection Supervisor (EDPS) European Commission (non-voting) EEA EFTA Countries – Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway (non-voting for certain matters) 🔹 𝐋𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐩 & 𝐒𝐭𝐫𝐮𝐜𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐢𝐫: Elected for 5 years (renewable once) 𝟐 𝐃𝐞𝐩𝐮𝐭𝐲 𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐢𝐫𝐬: Elected for the same term 𝐒𝐞𝐜𝐫𝐞𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐚𝐭: Provided by the EDPS 🔹 𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐈𝐭 𝐃𝐨𝐞𝐬 ✔ Issues guidelines & recommendations ✔ Adopts opinions & advises the EU Commission ✔ Makes binding decisions in cross-border cases ✔ Promotes cooperation among national DPAs ✔ Reviews codes of conduct & certifications ✔ Publishes annual reports & examines GDPR questions 💡 𝐖𝐡𝐲 𝐈𝐭 𝐌𝐚𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐬 The EDPB plays a 𝐯𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐥 𝐫𝐨𝐥𝐞 𝐢𝐧 𝐠𝐮𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐞𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐦, 𝐡𝐢𝐠𝐡-𝐥𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐥 𝐝𝐚𝐭𝐚 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐭𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐫𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐢𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐯𝐢𝐝𝐮𝐚𝐥𝐬 𝐚𝐜𝐫𝐨𝐬𝐬 𝐄𝐮𝐫𝐨𝐩𝐞. #DataProtection #Privacy #Cybersecurity #EU #infosectrain