Big Tech Lawyer to Chair Dutch Privacy Watchdog AP - DutchNews.nl
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Geert Potjewijd will become the new Chairman of the Board of the Dutch Data Protection Authority (AP) as of August 1 of this year. The former lawyer for TikTok, among others, succeeds Aleid Wolfsen, who is leaving the AP after two terms. He has held the position for ten years. The AP is the independent supervisory body that checks whether organizations handle citizens' personal data, such as names, addresses, and citizen service numbers, with du…
Lawyer Geert Potjewijd will become the new chairman of the Dutch Data Protection Authority (AP), the government watchdog for privacy, artificial intelligence, and algorithms. The former TikTok lawyer succeeds Aleid Wolfsen, who is leaving the watchdog after ten years.
Legal expert Geert Potjewijd is the new chairman of the Board of the Dutch Data Protection Authority (AP), the Dutch privacy watchdog. As of August, he succeeds Aleid…
Lawyer who defended Big Tech companies to lead Dutch privacy regulator
Attorney Geert Potjewijd has been appointed as the next head of the Dutch Data Protection Authority (AP), the Dutch regulator overseeing privacy, AI, and algorithms. He will replace Aleid Wolfsen, who is stepping down after a decade in the role. Potjewijd will officially start his role on August 1. He has been appointed for an initial term of five years, which is eligible for extension.
That a lawyer for major tech companies is becoming the new chair of the Dutch privacy watchdog, and must oversee his former clients, is “a bit of a letdown.” So says Evelyn Austin, chair of civil rights organization Bits of Freedom. She calls the choice “very bitter” and a “very peculiar choice.”
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