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Conference 'AI and fundamental rights: the Catalan FRIA model and algorithmic transparency'
12 March 2025
The APDCAT participates in Open Government Week 2026
The head of Institutional Relations and Organizations of the Authority will take part in the session on 21st May at the Catalan Government Delegation in Girona
21 May 2026
Meritxell Borràs asks universities for more cross-curricular training on data protection in curricula
The Catalan Data Protection Authority has participated in the 5th Conference of Data Protection Officers of Spanish Universities, which were held at the Polytechnic University of Catalonia.
21 May 2026
APDCAT participates in the 5th Conference of Data Protection Officers of Spanish Universities
The Director, Meritxell Borràs i Solé, the Head of the Legal Advisory Office, Xavier Urios Aparisi, and the DPO and Head of Strategic Projects, Joana Marí Cardona, will take part in the event
20 May 2026
APDCAT participates in the 12th International Congress on Privacy and Artificial Intelligence organised by APEP·IA.
The Data Protection Officer and Head of Strategic Projects at the APDCAT, Joana Marí Cardona, will take part in a roundtable discussion on data protection and AI in the public sector.
7 May 2026
Data protection authorities sign joint declaration to strengthen collaboration and address digital challenges on the tenth anniversary of the GDPR
The document has as signatories the Catalan Data Protection Authority, the Spanish Data Protection Agency, the Basque Data Protection Authority, the Transparency and Data Protection Council of Andalusia and the Directorate of Supervision and Control of Data Protection of the General Council of the Judiciary.
24 April 2026
Meritxell Borràs takes part in the event marking the 10th anniversary of the GDPR organized by the Spanish Data Protection Agency
The director of the Catalan Data Protection Authority will take part in the round table “Views from Supervisory Authorities”
24 April 2026
Data Protection Authorities publish a ten-point manifesto of basic principles for the contracting and use of digital educational platforms
The document has been jointly prepared by the Spanish Data Protection Agency, the Catalan Data Protection Authority, the Basque Data Protection Authority and the Andalusian Council for Transparency and Data Protection, and is aimed at the various agents and operators who process personal data in the field of education through technological platforms.
23 March 2026
The data protection control authorities publish guidelines for treatments that incorporate Wi-Fi tracking technologies
These technologies allow mobile devices to be identified and tracked through the WI-Fi signals they emit, detecting the presence of the device in a specific area and identifying movement patterns.
New workshop on the relationship between access rights to public information and data protection
The Catalan Data Protection Authority and the School of Public Administration of Catalonia are organizing this April a new training for the staff of the Generalitat and the local world with functions in the field of data protection
The results of the coordinated action of the European supervisory authorities on the right of access have been published
The Catalan Data Protection Authority has participated together with more than twenty European supervisory authorities in an action promoted by the European Data Protection Board, to learn about compliance with the right of access to European entities.
Meritxell Borràs defends in Santander that resources and commitment from governments are needed for a respectful and human-centered AI
The director of the Catalan Data Protection Authority took part in a roundtable during the course ‘Innovation and Privacy in the Era of Artificial Intelligence and Data Spaces: Building a Model Compatible with Human Rights’, organized by the Spanish Data Protection Agency, as part of the 2025 Summer Activities of the Menéndez Pelayo International University.
The APDCAT and the GAIP approve common criteria to resolve people's access claims to the traceability of their medical history
The Catalan Data Protection Authority will resolve requests for people's rights of access to the traceability of their clinical history and the Commission for the Guarantee of the Right of Access to Public Information will transfer to it the claims it receives in this matter, with the aim of offering more legal certainty and guaranteeing people's rights
New edition of the specialized training course for data protection officers
The Catalan Data Protection Authority and the School of Public Administration of Catalonia give the start to the fourth edition of this specialized training course, intended for the staff of the Catalan public administrations and designed to deepen the knowledge and skills necessary to properly perform the duties of a data protection officer.
The APDCAT launches a new corporate website, more attractive and accessible
As part of a process of profound transformation and modernization of the institution, included in its Strategic Plan, the Catalan Data Protection Authority has launched a new web portal that facilitates the user experience with more accessible, orderly and clear information, and with a more modern and attractive design.
The APDCAT participates in a coordinated action to evaluate compliance with the right to erasure in Europe
The European Data Protection Board has published the results of an analysis of the implementation of the right to erasure in Europe, one of the most requested by citizens, after consulting more than 32 European data protection authorities, including the Catalan Data Protection Authority.
The APDCAT joins the joint statement on the privacy risks of AI-generated images of the International Cooperation Working Group (IEWG)
Together with around sixty data protection authorities from around the world, the Catalan Data Protection Authority today publishes a Joint Statement on AI-Generated Images, coordinated by the International Enforcement Cooperation Working Group (IEWG) of the Global Privacy Assembly.