The first Annual Privacy Forum (APF) took place in 2012 and was born out of a need to better understand the links between privacy and cybersecurity. It has since growth into a major annual event, as the need to tackle these two sides of the same coin continues to grow and is more relevant than ever before.

This year’s tenth APF anniversary brought together over 30 speakers both physically and remotely and was organized by the European Union Agency for Cybersecurity (ENISA), the European Commission’s Directorate General for Communications Networks, Content & Technology (DG CONNECT), in close cooperation with the Cardinal Stefan Wyszyński University and the Koźmiński University in Warsaw, Poland.

ENISA’s Executive Director Juhan Lepassaar commented: “An open debate needs to accompany the legislative developments on such important topics – and the APF continues to do just that. I look forward to the next ten years of APF.”

Lorena Boix Alonso, DG CONNECT’s Director for Digital Society, Trust & Cybersecurity stressed: “The Commission places individuals at the centre of any technological solutions and initiatives. To build trust in our digital society and promote innovation, we need to protect privacy, data protection and cybersecurity.”