Our Statutes

European Federation of Data Protection Officers
(acronym “EFDPO”)

International non-profit association

The founding members hereby form an international non-profit association (“association internationale sans but lucratif / Internationale vereniging zonder winstoogmerk”) in accordance with the Law of 23 March 2019 on companies and associations (“Code des sociétés et des associations / Wetboek van vennootschappen en verenigingen”) and the subsequent Statutes.

The EFDPO was founded in Berlin on 7 June 2019. Founding members are national associations for data protection officers from Austria, France, Germany, Portugal, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Greece and Liechtenstein. The main objectives are to represent the interests of data protection officers in Brussels.

Among other things, the EU federation wants to support the establishment of an EU certification standard for data protection officers.

We see data protection officers as key experts in companies and institutions, they ensure the entrepreneurial capacity to act under the GDPR and, at the same time, ensure that consumer and civil rights are observed with regard to data protection. This also relieves the burden on national data protection supervisory authorities.

The scope of the EFDPO is not limited to data protection officers, but also takes into account the interests of other emerging professions in data protection, such as the data protection auditor or the data protection coordinator.