Frequently Asked Questions

No. The EDPB does not handle complaints or conduct investigations. If you believe your data protection rights have been violated you can contact the organisation holding your data, contact your national data protection authority (DPA), or go to a national court.

DPAs can conduct investigations and impose sanctions where necessary. Find the contact details for all EEA DPAs 

GDPR eller General Data Protection Regulation oppretter et harmonisert sett med regler som gjelder for all behandling av personopplysninger av virksomheter (offentlig eller privat, uavhengig av størrelse) etablert i Det europeiske økonomiske samarbeidsområdet (EØS) eller rettet mot enkeltpersoner i EU. Hovedformålet med GDPR er å sikre at personopplysninger har samme høye beskyttelsesstandard overalt i EØS, økt rettssikkerhet for både enkeltpersoner og virksomheter som behandler personopplysninger, og tilbyr en høy grad av beskyttelse for enkeltpersoner.

Forordningen trådte i kraft 24. mai 2016 og gjelder fra 25. mai 2018.

All documents adopted during the EDPB Plenary are subject to the necessary legal, linguistic and formatting checks and will be made available on the EDPB website once these have been completed.

Once published, recently adopted documents will be listed under “latest publications” on the main page of this website.

You can also find overviews of the documents adopted per plenary on the EDPB news page.

The EDPB brings together the EU DPAs and the European Data Protection Supervisor (EDPS). The EEA EFTA countries (Iceland, Liechtenstein and Norway) are also members with regard to GDPR-related matters and without the rights to vote and to be elected as chair or deputy chair. The European Commission and - with regard to GDPR-related matters - the EFTA Surveillance Authority have the right to participate in the activities and meetings of the Board without voting rights.

You can find an overview of the EEA DPAs here.

As addressees of the EDPB decisions, the relevant Data Protection Authorities (DPAs) that wish to challenge these decisions can bring an action for annulment before the European Court of Justice (CJEU) within two months of being notified.

The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) requires the Data Protection Authority (DPA) of the European Economic Area (EEA) to cooperate closely - under the umbrella of the European Data Protection Board (EDPB) - to ensure the consistent application of the GDPR and the protection of individuals’ data protection rights across the EEA. One of their tasks is to coordinate decision-making in cross-border data processing cases.
A processing is cross-border when:

• data processing takes place in more than one country;
• or it substantially affects or it is likely to substantially affect individuals in more than one country.

Under the so-called one-stop-shop mechanism Art. 60 GDPR, the Lead Supervisory Authority (LSA) acts as the main point of contact for the controller or processor for a given processing, while the Concerned Supervisory Authorities (CSAs) act as the main point of contact for individuals in the territory of their Member State. The LSA is the authority in charge of leading the cooperation process. It will share relevant information with the CSAs, carry out the investigations, prepare the draft decision relating to the case, and cooperate with the other CSAs in an endeavour to reach consensus on this draft decision.

Please note that the EDPB does not contact individuals, via phone or other means of communication, to inform them of such matters.

Therefore, it could be that the call you received represents a phishing attack targeting you abusing our name.

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If you believe your data protection rights have been violated you can contact the organisation holding your data, contact your national data protection authority (DPA), or go to a national court.

DPAs can conduct investigations and impose sanctions where necessary. You can find the contact details for all EEA DPAs here.

Under the GDPR, you have the right to lodge a complaint with the Data Protection Authority (DPA) in the country of:

• your habitual residence;
• your place of work; or
• the place where the alleged infringement took place.

Find the contact details for all EEA DPAs