A term often used to refer to a supervisory authority (see Supervisory Authority), which is an independent public authority responsible for monitoring the application of the General Data Protection Regulation in order to protect the fundamental rights and freedoms of natural persons in relation to processing and to facilitate the free flow of personal data within the European Union. DPAs also oversee other data protection-related laws, such as the ePrivacy Directive and other local member state laws.
Data Protection Authority (EU specific)
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