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European Data Protection Supervisor
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<p>The European Data Protection Supervisor (EDPS) is an independent supervisory authority whose primary objective is to monitor and ensure that European institutions and bodies respect the right to <a href="/facts/Privacy/C269YalS">privacy</a> and <a href="/facts/Information_privacy/fb6DMpdN">data protection</a> when they process <a href="/facts/Personal_data/384PbBg5">personal data</a> and develop new policies. </p><p><a href="/facts/Wojciech_Wiewi%25C3%25B3rowski/9phAw86F">Wojciech Wiewiórowski</a> has been appointed European Data Protection Supervisor (EDPS) by a joint decision of the European Parliament and the Council. Appointed for a five-year term, he took office on 6 December 2019. </p><p>Regulation (EU) 2018/1725 describes the duties and powers of the European Data Protection Supervisor (Chapter VI) as well as the institutional independence of the EDPS as a supervisory authority. It also lays down the rules for data protection in the EU institutions. </p>