Dutch Data Protection Authority

Organisation name in original language

Autoriteit Persoonsgegevens

Category of human rights structure

Statutory human rights body

Country

Netherlands

Type(s) of body

Data Protection Authority (DPA)

Address

Postbus 93374, 2509 AJ The Hague

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Human rights capacity support

Not applicable

Functions

  • Oversight
  • Providing remedy
  • Collecting data on human rights violations
  • Performing promotional activities
  • Other

Specific mandates

  • Any other function under international human rights conventions, under EU legislation or under the national legal system

Structured cooperation with partners at national level

  • Provides advice on legislative proposals that wholly or significantly deal with the processing of personal data.
  • Cooperates with a large number of other authorities and public actors.

Structured cooperation with partners at international and EU level

  • Cooperation with the other supervisory authorities concerned when the Dutch Data Protection Authority is the lead supervisory authority
  • Assistance and cooperation with the supervisory authorities of other EU Member States
  • Cooperation with the European Commission
  • Member of the European Data Protection Board
  • Member of the European Union Agency for Law Enforcement Cooperation (Europol) Cooperation Board, the Joint Supervisory Body of the European Union Agency for Criminal Justice Cooperation (Eurojust), the European Dactyloscopy (Eurodac) Supervision Coordination Group, the Visa Information System Supervision Coordination Group, the Customs Information System Supervision Coordination Group and Joint Supervisory Authority and the Schengen Information System II Supervision Coordination Group

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