Members of the European Data Protection Board met in Vienna, Austria, last month to forge closer cooperation on strategic cases and increase the methods available to data protection authorities for enhancing enforcement. The initial result from the two-day meeting was a statement on enforcement cooperation, in which authorities "will collectively identify cross border cases of strategic importance in different Member States on a regular basis, for which cooperation will be prioritised and supported by EDPB." In a lengthy discussion with IAPP Editorial Director Jedidiah Bracy, CIPP, EDPB Head of the Secretariat Isabelle Vereecken and Head of Activity for Enforcement Support and Coordination Gwendal Le Grand detailed the EDPB's moves to improve strategic enforcement of the GDPR.
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