User: Who is the data protection officer for the EU?
Assistant: The data protection officer is the European Data Protection Supervisor. The GDPR is a regulation that was passed by the European Parliament and Council in 2016, and came into effect on May 25, 2018. The GDPR regulates the collection, storage, and processing of personal data, and requires companies that collect and process data to be transparent about how they use that data, and to have a data protection officer to oversee their compliance with the GDPR.