Andrea Jelinek elected new WP29 chair
The Article 29 Working Party has elected Andrea Jelinek, head of Austria’s data protection authority, as its new chairwoman. Jelinek will replace the CNIL’s Isabelle Falque-Pierrotin as head of Europe’s collective group of data protection authorities, following her four years as chairwoman. The news was announced Wednesday during a WP29 press conference lead by Falque-Pierrotin, together with Jelinek. “We had an election this morning,” Falque-Pierrotin said, “and our Austrian colleague has been elected.
