75 Laura meets Anu Talus of the EDPB (English episode)

Dr. Datenschutz Podcast

Wouldn’t you like to ask the major player in European data protection all the questions you always wanted to – if you could? Laura gets to meet Anu Talus, the chair of the EDPB, and asks all the questions. Enjoy!

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Laura on LinkedIn: https://de.linkedin.com/in/laura-stoll-74765b171

EDPB Website: https://www.edpb.europa.eu/edpb_en

EDBP on LinkedIn: https://be.linkedin.com/company/eu-edpb

EDPB on X: https://x.com/EU_EDPB

The Helsinki Statement on enhanced clarity, support and engagement: https://www.edpb.europa.eu/news/news/2025/helsinki-statement-enhanced-clarity-support-and-engagement_en

EDPB-EDPS Joint Opinion 01/2025 on the Proposal for a Regulation on simplification measures for SMEs and SMCs: https://www.edps.europa.eu/data-protection/our-work/publications/edps-edpb-joint-opinions/2025-07-08-edpb-edps-joint-opinion-012025-regulation-simplification-measures-smes-and-smcs_en

EDPB opinion on AI models: GDPR principles support responsible AI: https://www.edpb.europa.eu/news/news/2024/edpb-opinion-ai-models-gdpr-principles-support-responsible-ai_en

Coordinated Actions EDPB: https://www.edpb.europa.eu/news/news/2024/cef-2025-edpb-selects-topic-next-years-coordinated-actionen & https://www.edpb.europa.eu/news/news/2024/cef-2024-launch-coordinated-enforcement-right-accessen

Fejezetek

1. Intro (00:00:00)

2. Greeting and introduction of Anu Talus (00:00:48)

3. How did you end up in data protection? (00:04:16)

4. There is much to discover with all the technical development in data protection law (00:06:02)

5. What‘s a day like as the chair of the EDPB? (00:07:36)

6. How does one become the chair of the EDPB? (00:09:04)

7. The difficulty of doing two jobs (00:10:47)

8. How do EDPB and DPA’s work together? (00:12:48)

9. Who sets the topics that the EDPB is focusing on? (00:16:58)

10. Safety of personal data in the age of AI (00:17:40)

11. Does the GDPR need to change? (00:21:46)

12. Lighten the burden of the GDPR (00:24:11)

13. What would you wish for in regard of data protection? (00:26:55)

14. Where can we find out more about the EDPB? (00:28:40)

15. How to say „thank you“ in Finnish (00:29:47)

16. Outro (00:30:50)