As part of its advocacy program, ACRO submits feedback to foster alignment across industry bodies and regulators. A white paper exploring the inconsistent application of definitions of sponsors and investigators/sites with respect to what party is an independent/joint controller and processor of trial participant personal data in the EU can be found below. This white paper seeks to align with the IPMPC with a view to appropriately positioning the issue with EFPIA for the purposes of engaging with the EDPB.