AP — Autoriteit Persoonsgegevens
Overview
The Autoriteit Persoonsgegevens (AP) is the Netherlands’ independent data protection authority, responsible for supervising compliance with GDPR and the Dutch Implementation Act for GDPR (Uitvoeringswet AVG). Dutch research institutions, including the Donders Institute, university medical centres, and biobank infrastructure, conduct substantial open neuroscience and genomics research under the AP’s regulatory oversight. The Netherlands played a central role in formulating the FAIR Principles and has institutional open data policies among the most developed in Europe, with the AP providing guidance on how GDPR research exemptions apply to open science practices. The AP is the Netherlands’ representative on the EDPB.
Connections
- relatedTo: GDPR (AP is the Netherlands’ national supervisory authority under GDPR)
- memberOf: EDPB (AP is the Netherlands’ representative on the European Data Protection Board)
- relatedTo: FAIR Principles (the Netherlands is the primary institutional origin of the FAIR Principles; AP guidance on GDPR research exemptions directly shapes FAIR open data practice in Dutch research)