The European Data Protection Board (EDPB), the partnership of privacy regulators in the EU, has presented a new strategy for 2024-2027. The EDPB wants to focus more on compliance with privacy legislation and contribute to the global dialogue on this subject.
EDBP Chairman Anu Talus summarizes the new strategy as follows: “The new strategy redirects the existing vision to meet today’s data protection needs in the ever-changing digital landscape. The strategy is the result of cooperation between all data protection authorities in the EU and sets common priorities for the coming years.”
The Dutch Data Protection Authority (AP) will be committed to implementing this strategy in the coming years.
Clear guidelines and effective cooperation
Over the next four years, the EDPB will develop clear, concise and practical guidance on key topics. Work is also being done on material for a broader audience. This will provide more clarity about the current privacy legislation. This helps organizations to apply the legislation correctly and ensures that the GDPR is interpreted in the same way in every Member State.
Clarity will also be provided about the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and how this legislation relates to new European laws that impact privacy, such as the Digital Service Act (DSA) and the Digital Markets Act (DMA). In addition, the EDPB continues to monitor new technologies, such as AI. These techniques can also have an impact on the privacy of EU citizens.
Furthermore, effective cooperation between privacy regulators in the EU is important, for example to carry out coordinated enforcement actions. The aim is also to work together to anchor the right to data protection in the regulatory architecture. In this way, legislation will become increasingly integrated in the various Member States and procedures and rules will become increasingly similar.
Also protection outside the EU
The regulators also want to better protect the personal data of EU citizens outside the borders of the European Union. The EDPB therefore also seeks cooperation with governments and supervisors outside the EU.
In view of the EU-US Data Privacy Framework (DPF), the EDPB has, among other things, established a procedure and model forms for complaints. These forms can be used for data transferred to companies outside the EU after July 10, 2023.
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