The turmoil at Belgium’s data-protection watchdog and what it means for the EU

30 September 2022 00:00

Duration: 17:44

The recent firing of two directors at Belgium’s Data Protection Authority has highlighted the challenge faced by EU member states in establishing truly independent privacy watchdogs, as they are required to do by the bloc’s General Data Protection Regulation. After years of political infighting, Belgium now faces the challenge of rebuilding a regulator that can rise above the country’s often heated political fray and operate at arm’s length from government.

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James Panichi

James Panichi Senior Editor, Asia Pacific

James Panichi

James, an Australian journalist with over 25 years’ experience in print and electronic media, helps to oversee MLex’s coverage of regulatory risk in Asia, with special attention to Australia and New Zealand. In 2016, James was appointed as MLex’s managing editor for continental Europe, overseeing the Brussels bureau’s coverage of EU regulatory affairs and managing a team of 16 journalists in Brussels and Geneva. Previously James worked for the European Voice newspaper, before joining the... Read more

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