Peter Hustinx

Peter Johan Hustinx
European Data Protection Supervisor
In office
January 2004[1] – December 2014[1]
Succeeded byGiovanni Buttarelli
Personal details
Born1945[2]
Vught, Netherlands[2]
University of Nijmegen University of Michigan Law School[3][2]

Peter Johan Hustinx (born 1945) is a Dutch lawyer who served as European Data Protection Supervisor (EDPS) from January 2004 – 2014.[1][3][2][4][5]

Biography

He trained at University of Nijmegen graduating in LLM in 1970, with further work at University of Michigan Law School.[3][2]

From 1971 to 1991 he worked at the Dutch Ministry of Justice in constitutional and criminal law and preparing legislation.[3][2]

He was general council of the public law division Dutch Ministry of Justice from 1979 to 1991.[2]

In 1986 he became a Deputy judge at the Amsterdam Court of Appeal.[2][3]

He chaired the appeals committee of Europol's supervisory body from 1998 to 2001 and was Chair of the commission for the control of Interpol's files from 2002 to 2009.[2][3]

Data Protection

He started working on Data Protection as Deputy secretary-general from 1972-1976 of the Royal Commission on Privacy and Personal Data (Koopmans Commission)[2]

He was a member of the 1981 Convention on Data Protection as part of his work from 1976 to 1991 Expert committee on Data Protection of the Council of Europe, and chaired this committee from 1985 to 1988.[3][2]

He was President of the Dutch Data Protection Authority from 1991 to 2003, being reappointed twice in 1997 and 2001.[3][2]

The chaired the EU Article 29 Data Protection working party from 1996 to 2000.[3][2]

He was European Data Protection Supervisor (EDPS) from January 2004 to December 2014.

Legacy

In an IAAP article on his legacy Dutch MEP Sophie in ‘t Veld was quoted “When he took office, data protection was a minor issue. Now, it’s on top of the political agenda. So on his watch, the whole issue has changed dramatically.” In the same article Hogan Lovells’ Christopher Wolf described the EDPS as the “leading EU pundit on privacy and data security”[5]

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References

  1. ^ a b c "EDPS - The Supervisors". European Data Protection Supervisor.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m "Privacy Protector". Politico Eu.
  3. ^ a b c d e f g h i "Peter J. Hustinx European Data Protection Supervisor" (PDF). European Parliament.
  4. ^ "Peter J. Hustinx" (PDF). Berkeley Law.
  5. ^ a b "Ten Years and Two Terms Later, A Look at Peter Hustinx's Legacy". IAPP.

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