AEPD (Spain)

Agencia Española de Protección de Datos
Name:	Agencia Española de Protección de Datos
Abbreviation:	AEPD
Jurisdiction:	Spain
Head:	Lorenzo Cotino Hueso
Deputy:	Francisco Pérez Bes
Address:	C/ Jorge Juan, 6, 28001, Madrid, Spain
Webpage:	https://www.aepd.es/es
Email:	(only for press)
Phone:	+34 901 100 099 - +34 91 266 35 17
Twitter:	https://twitter.com/aepd_es
Procedural Law:	Data Protection Act
Decision Database:	Informes y resoluciones
Translated Decisions:	Category:AEPD (Spain)
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The Agencia Española de Protección de Datos (abbreviated "AEPD") is the national Data Protection Authority for Spain. The AEPD is an independent public body in charge of enforcing the GDPR in Spain. Its head office is in Madrid. The requirement to have a data protection authority stems from Article 44 of the Spanish Data Protection Act, which is the national act developing the GDPR in Spain. The AEPD is affiliated to the Spanish Government via the Ministry of Justice.

There are three other independent regional data protection authorities in Spain that for the public sector: the Catalan Data Protection Authority (Autoritat Catalana de Protecció de Dades or Autoridad Catalana de Protección de Datos), the Basque Data Protection Authority (Datuak Babesteko Euskal Bulegoa or Agencia Vasca de Protección de Datos) and the Andalusian Data Protection Authority (Consejo de Transparencia y Protección de Datos de Andalucía).

Structure

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Procedural Information

Applicable Procedural Law

Ley Orgánica 3/2018, de 5 de diciembre, de Protección de Datos Personales y garantía de los derechos digitales

Complaints Procedure under Art 77 GDPR

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Ex Officio Procedures under Art 57 GDPR

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Appeals

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Practical Information

Filing with the DPA

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Known Problems

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Filing an Appeal

There are two options: 1) a "recurso de reposicion" to ask the AEPD to reconsider its decision or 2) an appeal directly with the Superior Administrative Court.

Recurso: You have one month to file. The procedure is free and by law the AEPD should decide within one month upon receipt of the recurso. In practice, it will take 6 to 7 months and in most cases will not lead to a change of the decision.

Appeal with the Superiour Administrative Court: You have two months to file the appeal by announcing your intention to appeal. The Court will then request the file from the AEPD. The Court will contact you to submit your arguments. It may take 7 to 9 months after you file the appeal to reach this step.

Decision Database

A database for AEPD's decisions can be found in the following page: https://www.aepd.es/es/informes-y-resoluciones/resoluciones.

Statistics

Funding

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Personal

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Caseload

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Fines

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Annual Reports

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