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The Spanish and Belgian DPAs promote good data protection practices for the video game sector
(18 June 2026). The Spanish and Belgian data protection authorities publish the document ‘Recommendations and Best Practices for Data Protection in Video Games’, the first one produced by European data protection authorities to promote best practices for ensuring compliance with the General…
18 de June de 2026
The Agency and the European Supervisor analyse the benefits and challenges of federated learning to train AI models
(10 June 2025). The Spanish Data Protection Agency (AEPD) and the European Data Protection Supervisor (EDPS) have published a joint report analysing the key role of Federated Learning as a tool to advance artificial intelligence models that are more respectful of the protection of personal data.…
10 de June de 2025
Lorenzo Cotino Hueso and Francisco Pérez Bes, appointed president and deputy, respectively, of the Spanish Agency for Data Protection
26 February 2025. Lorenzo Cotino Hueso and Francisco Pérez Bes have been appointed, respectively, president and deputy, of the Spanish Agency for Data Protection (AEPD), appointments that follow an evaluation of their merit, capacity, competence and suitability by a selection committee and after…
26 de February de 2025
‘There are more risks on the Internet than in real life’, a new campaign by the Agency and the General Council of Psychology
(Madrid, 18 November 2024). Today, the Spanish Data Protection Agency (AEPD) and the Spanish General Council of Psychology (COP) launched their campaign ‘There are more risks on the internet than in real life’, aimed at enabling families to assess the consequences of giving their children a device…
18 de November de 2024
AEPD and Atresmedia Foundation launch the ‘No to digital free bar’ campaign to alert about the risks of early mobile access
The Spanish Data Protection Agency (AEPD) and the Atresmedia Foundation join forces to warn about the dangers of minors accessing inappropriate content via mobile phones and to promote support in the use of technology in children and adolescents. To this end, both entities launch the ‘No to…
14 de November de 2024
The age verification system proposed by the AEPD receives two awards at the Global Privacy Assembly
The age verification system proposed by the Spanish Data Protection Agency (AEPD) to protect children and adolescents on the internet has been recognised with two of the five awards of the 46th Global Privacy Assembly, which brings together data protection and privacy authorities globally.The…
12 de November de 2024
AEPD publishes analysis on the protection of children in the digital environment
(2 October 2024). The Spanish Data Protection Agency (AEPD) has published ‘A Safe Internet by default for children and the role of age verification’, in which it analyses how children and adolescents can be protected on the internet without this entailing surveillance and invasion of the privacy of…
02 de October de 2024
AEPD develops guidance on obligations and responsibilities for the use of mobile devices in schools
(17 September 2024). The Spanish Data Protection Agency (AEPD) has issued guidance on ‘Responsibility and obligations in the use of mobile digital devices in early childhood, primary and secondary education’, analysing the implications that the use of this technology may have and what principles…
17 de September de 2024
The Agency presents a report on the influence of addictive patterns on the internet, and in particular on minors
(10 July 2024). The Spanish Data Protection Agency (AEPD) has presented a report analysing how the processing of users’ personal data in many platforms, applications and services includes addictive patterns to increase their connection time. This presentation took place during the course, New…
10 de July de 2024
Worldcoin commits to stop its activity in Spain
(4th June 2024). Last March, the Spanish Data Protection Agency (AEPD) issued a precautionary measure ordering Tools for Humanity Corporation to cease the collection and processing of personal data that it was carrying out in Spain within the framework of its Worldcoin project.In the meantime…
04 de June de 2024