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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, 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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Nicholas Wallace has covered data privacy and security for MLex in Brussels since November 2021. Prior to joining MLex, he worked as a freelance reporter for Science Magazine, Science|Business, and International News Services, an agency serving trade publications worldwide. He holds a masters degree in public policy, jointly awarded by the Central European University in Budapest and the Institut Barcelona d’Estudis Internacionals, and a bachelors degree in politics from Liverpool John Moores University.Follow Nicholas on... Read more