Peter Hustinx
European Data Protection Supervisor

Privacy by Design: Delivering the Promise

Mr. Hustinx (1945) has been European Data Protection Supervisor since January 2004 and was recently appointed by the European Parliament and the Council for a second term of five years.

He has been closely involved in the development of data protection legislation from the start, both at the national and at the international level.

As European Data Protection Supervisor he is responsible for advising EU institutions on proposals for legislation and other new developments that have an impact on the protection of personal data.

Before entering his office, Mr. Hustinx was President of the Dutch Data Protection Authority since 1991. From 1996 until 2000 he was Chairman of the Article 29 Working Party.

He received law degrees in Nijmegen, the Netherlands, and in Ann Arbor, USA. Since 1986 he has been deputy judge in the Court of Appeal in Amsterdam.