Pressure grows over EU data watchdog replacement

EurActiv reported on 9 January 2014 that the European Commission was coming under pressure to explain why it believes no suitable candidates emerged to replace the European Data Protection Supervisor (EDPS) – the EU’s data protection watchdog – and his deputy, when the pair’s term of office expired on 16 January 2014.

• Primary Source

ESO: Background information: EU data supervisor wants greater powers http://www.europeansources.info/record/eu-data-supervisor-wants-greater-powers/

ESO: Background information: New mandates for EDPS: Peter Hustinx reappointed as Supervisor, Giovanni Buttarelli appointed as Assistant Supervisor http://www.europeansources.info/record/press-release-new-mandates-for-edps-peter-hustinx-reappointed-as-supervisor-giovanni-buttarelli-appointed-as-assistant-supervisor/

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