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EDPB Support Pool of Experts (SPE)

members – 5 min read

Latest: EDPB shares their 2nd SPE report and this time, I'm not even reading it... About SPE: What is it, what have they spent (and spend) time and resources on, is it justified based on the current results, and should you apply? (Likely not.) Should you even spend time reading this post?

Mar 20, 2025

EDPB meeting agendas and minutes

members – 3 min read

13 March agenda: Nothing noteworthy (🇸🇪 Alfa Laval BCRs, updating BCRs approval procedure, PNR Directive ↔ CJEU ruling Ligue des droits humains, external experts use annual report, AI Enforcement (formerly 'ChatGPT') task force request for mandate, new EDPB visual identity)

Mar 13, 2025

Your OSS for the EDPB

members – 2 min read

Overview page for all things EDPB: Documents (Guidelines on consultation or done, Opinions, Recommendations etc.), Members, Meetings, Strategy & Work Programmes, CEF, SPE, OSS, Art. 65 Binding Decisions, WP29, CSC etc. All and newest versions, always at your fingertips!

Mar 12, 2025

EDPB CEF 2025: Right to erasure (right to be forgotten)

members – 2 min read

Updated 5 Mar 2025: Press release announcing the formal launch. The right to erasure is one of the most frequently exercised GDPR rights and a major source of DPA complaints. This CEF action aims to assess how controllers have implemented it in practice.

Mar 5, 2025

The Coordinated Supervision Committee (CSC)

members – 2 min read

New Activities report (likely irrelevant for most). The CSC brings together DPAs and the EDPS to coordinate supervision of large-scale IT systems (e.g. IMI, Europol, SIS, Eurojust) and EU bodies under the EUDPR or relevant EU laws.

Feb 21, 2025

EDPB meeting minutes 16 jan 2025

members – 1 min read

Anonymisation Guidelines coming (no date yet), Revised DPO Guidelines due Q2 2026, IAB Europe TC String 🇧🇪 national ruling due 19 March, New Support Pool of Experts report: AI bias and data subjects’ rights.

Feb 18, 2025

EDPB meeting minutes 17 Dec 2024

members – 1 min read

No big news - summary of their AI models Opinion discussion (where, interestingly, one EU member voted against adoption). You can safely skip this update.

Feb 18, 2025

EDPB Guidelines 1/2025 Pseudonymisation (public consultation)

members – 1 min read

The EDPB's recently shared pseudonymisation guidelines are on public consultation until 28 Feb. Today they've also shared a handy diagram.

Feb 14, 2025

EDPB press release: AI enforcement task force, age assurance and WADA recommendations

members – 1 min read

EDPB sets up an AI enforcement task force with a "quick response team" and adopts recommendations for WADA's 2027 World Anti-Doping Code, along with a statement on age assurance.

Feb 13, 2025

EDPB meeting minutes 2-3 Dec 2024

members – 1 min read

💡 EDPB members intervene to block new social media guidelines, arguing they interpret joint controllership too broadly and overlook practical consequences and balance against other fundamental rights. Little other news.

Feb 8, 2025

CJEU GC T-70/23 Data Protection Commission v European Data Protection Board 29 Jan 2025

members – 2 min read

The General Court dismissed DPC's actions against the EDPB and ordered them to pay the costs, meaning they must conduct new investigations and issue new Art. 60(3) draft decisions for the three 2022 Art. 65 Binding Decisions in cases against Meta (Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp).

Jan 31, 2025

EDPB Opinion 28/2024: AI models

members – 4 min read

UPDATED 27 Jan. A must-read if the subject matter is relevant. Yes, legitimate interest can apply in the context of AI models—but your documentation needs to be thorough. And don’t forget to involve your DPO.

Jan 27, 2025