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  • Campaña ‘Hay más riesgos en Internet que en la vida real’

    ‘There are more risks on the Internet than in real life’, a new campaign by the Agency and the General Council of Psychology

    • The Spanish Data Protection Agency and the General Council of Psycology are launching a campaign in which they alert the addiction that some internet services can generate, especially in children and adolescents, due to early access and intensive use.
    • The campaign, aimed at families, calls on them to

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  • No a la barra libre digital

    AEPD and Atresmedia Foundation launch the ‘No to digital free bar’ campaign to alert about the risks of early mobile access

    • Through this action, both entities recommend families to delay the delivery of the mobile to their children and accompany them in their interaction with the digital world in order to avoid their early exposure to inappropriate content.
    • Mar España, Director of the Spanish Data Protection Agency (AEPD)

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  • The age verification system proposed by the AEPD receives two awards at the Global Privacy Assembly

    • The Agency has been awarded a prize in two of the five categories called for: Innovation and Public Award
    • The aim of these awards is to recognise the excellence and innovation of the good practices put in place by the Authorities.
    • Global Privacy Assembly brings together data protection and privacy

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  • Nota técnica internet seguro por defecto

    AEPD publishes analysis on the protection of children in the digital environment

    • The document focuses on the obligation to comply with data protection principles, along with other regulations that complement or deepen the protection of minors.
    • Today, many internet services implement strategies based on reacting once the damage has already occurred, rather than developing

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  • Responsabilidades y obligaciones en la utilización de dispositivos digitales móviles en la enseñanza

    AEPD develops guidance on obligations and responsibilities for the use of mobile devices in schools

    • In education, smartphones or tablets are often used, often owned by students or their families. 
    • These devices can collect a lot of information and process it for different purposes beyond mere educational function
    • Data processing generated can seriously affect learners’ rights and freedoms and their

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  • Patrones adictivos en el tratamiento de datos personales

    The Agency presents a report on the influence of addictive patterns on the internet, and in particular on minors

    • The report shows how, in many cases, providers implement misleading and addictive design patterns to prolong the time users stay in their services or to increase their level of commitment and the amount of personal data collected about them.
    • The impact of addictive strategies is greatest when they

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  • Logo AEPD una tinta

    Worldcoin commits to stop its activity in Spain

    • Once the period of validity of the precautionary measure imposed by the Spanish Data Protection Agency has concluded, the company has committed in a legally binding manner not to resume its activity in Spain until a final resolution of the data protection authority of Bavaria is adopted.

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  • Logo AEPD

    The Agency orders a precautionary measure that prevents Meta from implementing the electoral functionalities that it plans to launch in Spain

    • The AEPD orders the suspension of the implementation in Spanish territory of the Election Day Information and Voter Information Unit functionalities, and the collection and processing of data involved in their use
    • This decision is based on exceptional circumstances, in which it is necessary to adopt

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