The European Data Protection Board (EDPB) plays a vital role in ensuring consistent application of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) across the EU. Its key tasks include issuing guidelines, recommendations, and best practices, advising the European Commission on data protection matters, resolving disputes between national supervisory authorities, and promoting cooperation to safeguard individuals’ privacy rights.

Navigating the world of #GDPR? 🌍 Understanding the #EDPB is crucial! The European Data Protection Board plays a pivotal role in shaping and enforcing data privacy across the EU and EEA. Our latest infographic breaks down their key tasks and core responsibilities. Discover how the EDPB: ✅ Issues Guidelines & Best Practices ✅ Adopts Opinions & Advises the EU Commission ✅ Makes Binding Decisions in cross-border cases ✅ Promotes DPA Cooperation ✅ Publishes Annual Reports & Examines GDPR Questions Stay informed, stay compliant! 🔒 #DataProtection #Privacy #Cybersecurity #EU #Compliance #InfoSec #EDPB #DataPrivacy

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