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EU/EEA data protection supervisory authorities: EDPB and EDPS overview and directory (including German Länder regulators)

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Practice notes

One of the principal aims of the EU’s General Data Protection Regulation, Regulation (EU) 2016/679 (the EU GDPR), is to bring about consistent implementation and enforcement of data protection across the EU and EEA in practice. Under the EU GDPR, every Member State may designate one or more independent public bodies to oversee application of the EU GDPR, ie a ‘supervisory authority’, as appropriate.

This Practice Note:

sets out the European Data Protection Board (EDPB)
outlines the European Data Protection Supervisor (EDPS)
compiles a consolidated list of supervisory authorities in the EU and EEA

For guidance on sanctions and enforcement under the EU GDPR, see Practice Note: EU GDPR—sanctions and enforcement.

The EDPB

The EDPB sits at the heart of the EU GDPR framework and its guidance and opinions carry considerable weight. It is made up of the head of each EU national supervisory authority, together with the EDPS. The EDPB succeeded the Article 29 Working Party (Working Party), established under Directive 95/46/EC (Data Protection Directive), which was superseded by the EU GDPR. The Working Party had a comparable composition to the EDPB but operated with a more limited role. During its first plenary meeting, and beyond...

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