CPDP is an annual three-day conference devoted to privacy and data protection. The 15th edition of CPDP will be held on 26th to 28th January 2022 and the overarching theme is 'Data Protection and Privacy in Transitional Times'.As the COVID-19 pandemic caused major shifts in technology adoption and increased reliance on technologies and infrastructures, calls for ‘digital sovereignty' escalated globally. Sorting populations back into their nations of passport enabled new means of establishing and justifying borders with long term closures and the introduction of new digital identity infrastructure such as vaccine passports. Besides bidding to form future models for data governance and the data economy, the EU has also laid out plans to pioneer legislation governing the use of Artificial Intelligence. In this pivotal moment, engaging in transatlantic, multidisciplinary dialogue has become of central significance. Amidst all these developments, what does the future hold for data protection?CPDP2021 will serve as a platform to discuss, and seek answers, to these questions and many more.