The Data Protection Association is a non-governmental organization that brings together experts from different professional areas in the field of personal data protection, who have set out to develop, promote and validate the basic principles, successful models and good practices for the personal data protection, to unite and actively support other experts in the field, to create a corporate community of responsible companies, to raise public awareness on this important topic as well as to encourage people to exercise their rights. The Association also cooperates with other established organizations in the field.