This article was collected and archived by Digital Sovereignty Watch from an institutional or public source relevant to digital sovereignty, technology policy, cybersecurity, cloud services, artificial intelligence or European regulation.
Data Sovereignty
EDPB calls for legal basis for cross-regulatory information sharing
At a high-level meeting in Dublin on 16 and 17 July 2026, the European Data Protection Board (EDPB) called for a clear legal basis for the sharing of information among regulators with different competences. The Board also discussed how to further expand efforts to support a consistent application of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), including through more intense cooperation between Data Protection Authorities (DPAs). Malta was represented by the Information and Data Protection Commissioner (IDPC) Reno Borg. The Board underlines the growing need in the current regulatory environment for effective cooperation between regulators operating in adjacent areas of competence under EU law. The EDPB calls upon the European Commission to propose a legal basis for cross-regulatory information sharing. "First-hand experience of cooperating with other EU digital regulators at both national and EU level has highlighted the need for stronger legislation to facilitate more effective cross-regulatory cooperation, including enhanced information sharing.