The successor to the Article 29 Working Party, it consists of the heads of the supervisory authorities of the member states and the European Data Protection Supervisor (see European Data Protection Supervisor), and the Commission is entitled to send a delegate to its meetings. The EDPB’s role is to ensure the consistent application of the Regulation and, in addition to supporting cooperation between the regulators and applying the consistency mechanism (see Consistency Mechanism), it shall publish advice, guidance, recommendations and best practices. The supervisory authorities elect a chairperson, with certain powers, from amongst their membership.

Acronym(s): EDPB