EDPB

Minutes: 🚨 DPIA template, EDPB/EDPS Biotech Act Joint Opinion, Proposal for a Digital Networks Act, Guidelines bonanza, 🇸🇪 articles on Meta glasses false | EDPB/EDPS Joint Opinion 4/2026 Cybersecurity Act 2 and NIS2 Amendment proposals | Agendas: 🚨 Guidelines on anonymisation + scientific research

Latest: 3rd SPE report published quietly... 🤨 | 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?

🚨 Stakeholder event: competition & data protection (date TBC) | New PCs: Guidelines Scientific research purposes + DPIA template | Overview page for all things EDPB: Guidelines, Opinions, Recommendations, Members, Meetings, Strategy & Work Programs, CEF, SPE, OSS, Art. 65 Decisions, WP29, CSC

💡 EDPB only to do a "targeted update" to DPO Guidelines | "Easing compliance is at the top of the EDPB agenda" – lets see how that plays out in practice.

2025 report ready | 2026 topic: 📝 transparency & information | The EDPB created the CEF initiative under its 2021-2023 Strategy to enhance enforcement and strengthen cooperation among DPAs. Each year, they collectively choose a priority enforcement topic for coordinated (voluntary) action.

2 x meeting minutes today! 🚨 Guidelines: Joint AI Act ↔ EU data protection law interplay; Political advertisements; Web scraping in the context of generative AI | 🚨 Irish, French & Dutch DPAs investigate data brokers | 🇧🇷 & 🇬🇧 adequacy decisions

Discussing SRB v EDPS, Helsinki Statement and Anonymisation guidelines: stakeholder event coming | Questions on Consent or Pay guidelines | 💡 DPAs focus & challenges | CEF topic 2026 | Joint DMA ↔ GDPR interplay guidelines | ❌ No joint DPIA/FRIA template | GPA resolutions | BCRs: 🇫🇷 Tessi, 🇵🇱 Box

DSA ↔ GDPR interplay guidelines | 🇧🇷 Brazil & 🇬🇧 UK adequacy decisions | Helsinki Statement – practical implementation & Commission on simplifying breach reporting | EDPS C-413/23 update | BCRs: 🇮🇪 Shopify, 🇱🇺 Northern Trust, Ferrero Group, 🇳🇴 Mowi.