CNPD (Portugal)

Comissão Nacional de Protecção de Dados

Name:	Comissão Nacional de Protecção de Dados
Abbreviation :	CNPD
Jurisdiction:	Portugal
Head:	Filipa Calvão
Deputy:	n/a
Adress:	Av. D. Carlos I, 134, 1º 1200-651 Lisboa PORTUGAL
Webpage:	www.cnpd.pt
Email:	geral@cnpd.pt
Phone:	+351 21 392 84 00
Twitter:	n/a
Procedural Law:	Lei n.º 43/2004 - Diário da República n.º 194/2004, Série I-A de 2004-08-18, alterada pela lei 58/2019 de 2019-08-08,^[1]
Decision Database:	https://www.cnpd.pt/bin/decisoes/decisoes.asp
Translated Decisions:	Category:CNPD (Portugal)
Head Count:	27 (2018)^[2]
Budget:	3.363.152,02 € (2018)^[3]

The Portuguese Data Protection Authority (Comissão Nacional de Protecção de Dados) is the national Data Protection Authority for Portugal. It resides in Lisbon and is in charge of enforcing GDPR in Portugal.

Structure^[4]

The Portuguese Data Protection Authority is composed by members of recognized integrity and merit. The status of the members guarantees their independence in exercising their functions. They have a five-year mandate and take office before the President of the Parliament.

The Portuguese Data Protection Authority is composed of seven members:

The Chairman and two members elected by the Parliament;
One legal magistrate, with over 10 years’ experience, appointed by the Magistrature Council;
One magistrate from the Public Prosecution Service, with over 10 years’ experience, appointed by the Public Prosecution Council;
Two members appointed by the Government.

Procedural Information

Applicable Procedural Law

Lei n.º 43/2004 - Diário da República n.º 194/2004, Série I-A de 2004-08-18, alterada pela lei 58/2019 de 2019-08-08.^[1]