European Data Protection Supervisor

independent body of the European Union that ensures that EU institutions and bodies comply with data protection laws and jurisdiction
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Summary

European Data Protection Supervisor is a body of the European Union[1]. It draws 216 Wikipedia views per month (body of the european union category, ranking #5 of 8).[2]

Key Facts

  • Member of: European Data Protection Board[3]
  • Located in the administrative territorial entity: Brussels[4]
  • Country: Belgium[5]
  • Instance of: data protection authority[6]
  • Headquarters location: Brussels[7]
  • Inception: January 17, 2004[8]
  • Official website: https://www.edps.europa.eu/[9]
  • Topic's main category: Category:European Data Protection Supervisors[10]
  • Email address: mailto:edps@edps.europa.eu[11]
  • Applies to jurisdiction: European Union[12]
  • Director / manager: Wojciech Wiewiórowski[13]
  • Employees: 66[14], 95[15], 107[16]
  • Phone number: +32-2-283-19-00[17]
  • Short name: EDPS[18]
  • Budget: 19,463,193 euro[19], 19,476,998 euro[20], 16,638,572 euro[21], 14,449,068 euro[22], 11,324,735 euro[23], 9,288,043 euro[24], 8,883,891 euro[25], 8,267,256 euro[26], 7,624,090 euro[27], 7,661,409 euro[28], 7,564,137 euro[29], 7,104,351 euro[30], 6,663,026 euro[31], 5,307,753 euro[32]
  • On focus list of Wikimedia project: Govdirectory[33]
  • Number of viewers/listeners: 324,184[34]
  • Street address: Rue Montoyer 30, 1000 Brussels[35]
  • Social media followers: 28,463[36], 20,395[37], 26,704[38], 29,208[39], 6294[40], 6346[41], 6378[42]
  • FAQ URL: https://www.edps.europa.eu/frequently-asked-questions_en[43]
  • Official jobs URL: https://www.edps.europa.eu/careers_en[44]
  • Contact page URL: https://www.edps.europa.eu/about-edps/contact_en[45]

Why It Matters

European Data Protection Supervisor has Wikipedia articles in 14 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[46] It is known by 24 alternative names across languages and contexts.[47]

Works attributed to it include European Commission's use of Microsoft 365 infringes data protection law for EU institutions and bodies[48], a document[49].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [7] ↑ . edps.europa.eu. Retrieved . edps.europa.eu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  5. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . edps.europa.eu. Retrieved . edps.europa.eu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . edps.europa.eu. edps.europa.eu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . Official Journal of the European Union. eur-lex.europa.eu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . edps.europa.eu. Retrieved . edps.europa.eu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . Official Journal of the European Union. eur-lex.europa.eu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . Official Journal of the European Union. eur-lex.europa.eu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . eur-lex.europa.eu. eur-lex.europa.eu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . eur-lex.europa.eu. eur-lex.europa.eu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . eur-lex.europa.eu. eur-lex.europa.eu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . eur-lex.europa.eu. eur-lex.europa.eu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . eur-lex.europa.eu. eur-lex.europa.eu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . eur-lex.europa.eu. eur-lex.europa.eu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . eur-lex.europa.eu. eur-lex.europa.eu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  26. [28] ↑ . eur-lex.europa.eu. eur-lex.europa.eu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  27. [29] ↑ . eur-lex.europa.eu. eur-lex.europa.eu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  28. [30] ↑ . eur-lex.europa.eu. eur-lex.europa.eu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  29. [31] ↑ . eur-lex.europa.eu. eur-lex.europa.eu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  30. [32] ↑ . eur-lex.europa.eu. eur-lex.europa.eu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  31. [33] ↑ . govdirectory.org. Retrieved . govdirectory.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  32. [34] ↑ . YouTube API. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  33. [35] ↑ . edps.europa.eu. Retrieved . edps.europa.eu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  34. [36] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  35. [37] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  36. [38] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  37. [39] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  38. [40] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  39. [41] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  40. [42] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  41. [43] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  42. [44] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  43. [45] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [48] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [49] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [46] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [47] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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