The celebration of European Data Protection Day, on 28 January 2026, marks the 45^th anniversary of the adoption of Convention 108 for the protection of individuals with regard to automatic processing of personal data, in 1981, by the Council of Europe.

On this occasion, the National Supervisory Authority for Personal Data Processing organizes, on 28 January 2026, the online Conference entitled “Particularities of investigations for handling complaints – current status and perspective of the New Regulation on the handling of complaints with cross-border impact”, in view of the recent adoption of Regulation (EU) 2025/2518 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 November 2025 laying down additional procedural rules on the enforcement of Regulation (EU) 2016/679.

Given the importance of the European Data Protection Day, our institution aims, by organizing this event, to provide adequate information to controllers in the public and private sectors in order to properly apply the principles of the use of personal data, including regarding the perspective of changes in the handling of complaints with cross-border impact.

Representatives of the main national central public authorities and institutions, of the executive and legislative bodies, non-governmental organizations, of the main professional unions, as well as relevant controllers from the private sector are invited to this conference.

To celebrate this event, we would like to mention that an informative clip dedicated to the General Data Protection Regulation shall be broadcast on the national television station TVR and on the public transport of the Bucharest Transport Company.

In this context, we would like to highlight that summary information regarding the activity of the National Supervisory Authority for Personal Data Processing will be found, as every year, in the Brochure dedicated to the European Data Protection Day, available, along with the related leaflet, at www.dataprotection.ro/informatii_generale/informatii de interes public/materiale informative.

Legal and Communication Department

A.N.S.P.D.C.P