Defining Supervisory Authorities
A Supervisory Authority is a public authority which is established by a member state. It may be contacted by the legal entity for example to notify a data breach or to gather feedback on a processing activity DPIA. It makes sure that the data protection law is being applied. It may request documentation or evidence.To access supervisory authorities:
In the navigation menu, click Key elements > Supervisory Authorities.The objective of this section is to provide the contact data for each European supervisory authority the organization might have to contact, for example to notify a data breach, to gather feedback on a processing activity DPIA, etc.
This list is pre-populated and you can enrich it with other supervisory authorities if necessary.
The following information is provided for each supervisory authority:
• Email
• Country
• URL: web site address