Brussels, 04 December – During its December 2024 plenary, the European Data Protection Board (EDPB) adopted a statement on the second report of the European Commission on the application of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).*
In its statement, the EDPB welcomes the reports from the European Commission and the Fundamental Rights Agency**. Importantly, the EDPB underlines the importance of legal certainty and coherence of digital legislation with the GDPR, and recalls some of its ongoing initiatives to clarify the enforcement interplay of the GDPR with the AI Act, the EU Data Strategy and the Digital Services Package.
In addition, the EDPB announces it will step up the production of content for non-experts, small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and other groups.
Finally, the Board highlights the genuine need for additional financial and human resources to help DPAs and the EDPB deal with increasingly complex challenges and additional competences.
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* In July 2024, the European Commission published its second report on the application of the GDPR, adopted under Art. 97 GDPR.
** In June 2024, the Fundamental Rights Agency (FRA) published a report on the experiences of DPAs when implementing the GDPR. The findings of this report complement the European Commission’s evaluation of the GDPR.