Late last month, French President Emmanuel Macron announced he would appoint the next president of the French data protection authority. Marie-Laure Denis took office Feb. 1, just as former CNIL President Isabelle Falque-Pierrotin departs. While Denis comes with the president's approval and a CV most would envy, regulators and privacy professionals who've worked with Falque-Pierrotin on the global stage acknowledge she's a tough act to follow. Taking the DPA through a time of unprecedented change as the EU General Data Protection Regulation came into force, the Snowden revelations emerged and Safe Harbor was struck down, "She was at the same time strong and flexible," said Ariane Mole of Bird & Bird in France. Angelique Carson, CIPP/US, has the story for The Privacy Advisor.
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