Spanish Data Protection Agency

Spanish Data Protection Agency
Agencia Española de Protección de Datos
Department overview
Formed	26 March 1993
Type	Independent Administrative Authority
Jurisdiction	Government of Spain
Headquarters	Madrid, Spain

The Spanish Data Protection Agency (AEPD, Spanish: Agencia Española de Protección de Datos) is an independent agency of the government of Spain which oversees the compliance with the legal provisions on the protection of personal data. The agency is headquartered in the city of Madrid and it extends its authority to the whole country.

Apart from the AEPD, there are regional data protection agencies. These agencies have limited access to the files of public administrations because all that information remains the responsibility of the national agency. Currently there are only two regional agencies: the Catalan Data Protection Authority and the Basque Data Protection Agency. From 1995 to 2013, there was also the Data Protection Agency of the Community of Madrid.

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