Key Takeaways from CPDP Data Protection Day 2025
After a successful second edition of CPDP Data Protection Day, co-organised by @CPDPconferences , the @coe and @EU_EDPS, it is worthwhile looking back at the proceedings to elaborate on some key takeaways from the panels and keynotes.
Although the conference was themed around new mandates, there was also much emphasis on continuity for data protection throughout the day. Broadly speaking, these took two forms:
1️⃣ Continuity of purpose
2️⃣ Continuity of institutions
While new political mandates are taking shape, continuity remains crucial. Discussions emphasised:
💡 Defending democracy against tyranny requires active participation in and interaction with institutions that safeguard democratic rights.
💡 The conference opened for fresh perspectives and discussions around new technologies, we cannot escape the fact that policy and legislation lag behind technological innovations.While neuroscience-related risks were explored in depth, challenges posed by quantum sensing and quantum technologies need urgent attention.
❗ The Complexity of EU Digital Legislation
Industry voices strongly emphasised that data protection often remains a complex subject, perplexing even the most knowledgeable lawyers and politicians.
❗ The Need for a Multidisciplinary Perspective
The mandate of data protection has evolved to the protection of democracy and of a wide set of fundamental rights beyond privacy, the question of its broader relevance to society must also be studied, influenced and promoted by a wide variety of agents. As Professor Jo Pierson highlighted, the social sciences can clarify how to make laws more actionable.
Broad perspectives are what CPDP is about, and it is why we as a community will continue to bring different voices together in a spirit of critical, multidisciplinary and knowledgeable interactions. A huge thank you to EDPS and the European Commission for hosting this edition, which welcomed 400+ in-person participants and many more online.
We look forward to the challenges that are coming our way and will be glad to work with the new Data Protection Supervisor once they have taken office, or to continue our successful, long-standing collaboration with Supervisor Wojciech Wiewiorowski.
Review the sessions via the Streaming Service of the European Commission!: webcast.ec.europa.eu/cpdp-data-prot…
📢 What are your key takeaways from this year’s discussions? Let’s keep the conversation going!
Full article here ➡️ privacysalon.org/news/key-takea…
After a successful second edition of CPDP Data Protection Day, co-organised by @CPDPconferences , the @coe and @EU_EDPS, it is worthwhile looking back at the proceedings to elaborate on some key takeaways from the panels and keynotes.
Although the conference was themed around new mandates, there was also much emphasis on continuity for data protection throughout the day. Broadly speaking, these took two forms:
1️⃣ Continuity of purpose
2️⃣ Continuity of institutions
While new political mandates are taking shape, continuity remains crucial. Discussions emphasised:
💡 Defending democracy against tyranny requires active participation in and interaction with institutions that safeguard democratic rights.
💡 The conference opened for fresh perspectives and discussions around new technologies, we cannot escape the fact that policy and legislation lag behind technological innovations.While neuroscience-related risks were explored in depth, challenges posed by quantum sensing and quantum technologies need urgent attention.
❗ The Complexity of EU Digital Legislation
Industry voices strongly emphasised that data protection often remains a complex subject, perplexing even the most knowledgeable lawyers and politicians.
❗ The Need for a Multidisciplinary Perspective
The mandate of data protection has evolved to the protection of democracy and of a wide set of fundamental rights beyond privacy, the question of its broader relevance to society must also be studied, influenced and promoted by a wide variety of agents. As Professor Jo Pierson highlighted, the social sciences can clarify how to make laws more actionable.
Broad perspectives are what CPDP is about, and it is why we as a community will continue to bring different voices together in a spirit of critical, multidisciplinary and knowledgeable interactions. A huge thank you to EDPS and the European Commission for hosting this edition, which welcomed 400+ in-person participants and many more online.
We look forward to the challenges that are coming our way and will be glad to work with the new Data Protection Supervisor once they have taken office, or to continue our successful, long-standing collaboration with Supervisor Wojciech Wiewiorowski.
Review the sessions via the Streaming Service of the European Commission!: webcast.ec.europa.eu/cpdp-data-prot…
📢 What are your key takeaways from this year’s discussions? Let’s keep the conversation going!
Full article here ➡️ privacysalon.org/news/key-takea…
