Amidst what the Financial Times has called “one of the biggest overhauls of the EU executive in more than a decade”—with incoming European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker’s announcement of his nominations for a suite of new commissioners—Juncker has called for the "conclusion of negotiations on the reform of Europe’s data protection rules as well as the review of the Safe Harbour arrangement with the U.S." IAPP Publications Director Sam Pfeifle has all the details in this exclusive for The Privacy Advisor. He writes, “One large departure under Juncker is his creation of a sort of hierarchy within the commission. Rather than 27 commissioners, there are now two ‘high vice presidents,’ five vice presidents and then 20 commissioners.”
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