Věra Jourová
European Commission
Vice President for Values and Transparency
Presenting the 20th anniversary
In 2024, we are commemorating two decades of the EDPS safeguarding citizens’ rights to privacy and data protection. Since its foundation, the EDPS has been providing essential contributions, as the EU’s independent data protection authority, in shaping the current data protection landscape. This milestone provides us with a unique opportunity to reflect on the past to chart new courses.
Join our activities to gain a deeper understanding of data protection, its history, and its future.
European Data Protection Summit
Join us for the “European Data Protection Summit: Rethinking Data in a Democratic Society” for a debate on the role of States at a time of ever-growing collection of information about citizens, and the part that data protection should play in modern democracies. Registration are now open.
When: 20 June 2024
Where: Brussels
Our speakers
Ulrich Kelber
German Federal Commissioner for Data Protection and Freedom of Information (BfDI)
Federal Commissioner
EDPS History
Explore the journey of data protection with our book and interactive timeline, offering you an in-depth analysis of data protection milestones and the EDPS' contributions to the development of the privacy landscape. Taking stock of this rich history, the book includes contributions from key experts shedding light on the possible future of data protection and the challenges that lie ahead.
Latest talk
View all talksEva Galperin
Director of Cybersecurity at the Electronic Frontier Foundation
Everything has the potential to be better in the future. I am happy to see increased use of end-to-end encryption in the past 20 years and I'd like to see this continue in the next 20 years
