The EDPB was created by the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), adopted on 27 April 2016 and published in the EU Official Journal on 4 May 2016.
Please note that a corrigendum of the GDPR was published in the Official Journal on 23 May 2018 and is availablehere. The consolidated version of the EU General Protection Regulation (GDPR) is availablehere.
The GDPR, which entered into force on 24 May 2016 and is applicable from 25 May 2018, creates a harmonised set of rules applicable to all personal data processing taking place in the EU.
The objective of this new set of rules is to ensure that personal data enjoys a high standard of protection everywhere in the EU, increasing legal certainty for both individuals and organisations processing data, and offering a higher degree of protection for individuals.
For certain sectors, specific rules continue to apply.
TheLaw Enforcement Directive (LED) applies to personal data processing carried out by competent authorities for the purpose of prevention, investigation, detection or prosecution of criminal offences or the execution of criminal penalties.
This Directive was adopted together with the GDPR on 27 April 2016, and published in the EU Official Journal on 4 May 2016. It entered into force on 5 May 2016, and has to be transposed into the EU member states’ legislation to be fully applicable by 6 May 2018.
The GDPR and PDPD replaced Directive 95/46/EC for the private and most of the public sector, and Council Framework Decision 2008/977/JHA for the law-enforcement sector.
Regulation 2018/1725, which entered into application on 11 December 2018, lays down the data protection rules which apply to EU institutions.
Following its HelsinkiStatement on enhanced clarity, support and engagement, in order to facilitate GDPR compliance, the EDPB intends to develop a series of ready-to-use templates for organisations.
The EDPB is organising this public consultation to collect your ideas on the matter. More specifically, we would like to understand which templates you consider would be most useful for organisations (e.g. template privacy notice, template record of processing activities, etc.).
For your information, the EDPB will already work on creating a template for data protection impact assessment (DPIA) and for data breach notifications.
We invite you to provide your ideas and inputs by completing the public consultation below by3 December 2025, either by filling in the blank field or by uploading a document.
In case you would like to upload your contribution as a document, we kindly ask you to provide a text of maximum 2500 characters (1 page document). By clicking “Provide your feedback”, you will be redirected toEU Survey where you can submit your contribution.
We thank you for taking the time to contribute to this project and we are looking forward to your inputs!
Over the last year, the EDPB has been working to ensure the highest standards of data protection and privacy in the context of the establishment of the digital euro. For example, the EDPB has adopted ajoint opinion with the European Data Protection Supervisor (EDPS) on theProposal for a Regulation on the establishment of the digital euro.
Decisions regarding the design of the digital euro have significant implications for the rights and freedoms of European individuals as well as for their ability to use data protection-friendly and digital payment methods in the future.
Taking into consideration the joint opinion by the EDPB and the EDPS, the EDPB requested an expert to make an in-depth assessment of the practical feasibility of the “token-based offline modality”, which the EDPB supports. The EDPB also asked the expert to investigate how this solution, suggested by the European Commission and the Eurosystem, can be implemented to ensure the very high level of protection envisaged.
As a result, this report explores the technical feasibility, inherent limitations, possible approaches, and security considerations related to the development of a cash-like, anonymous, and double-spending resistant offline modality for the digital euro.
The EDPB launched this project in the context of theSupport Pool of Experts (SPE) programme following a proposal of the Berlin Data Protection Authority (DPA).
The project was completed by the external expert Prof. Dr.-Ing. Tibor Jager in September 2025.