The European Data Protection Board elected Finland Data Protection Ombudsman Anu Talus as the board's next chairperson. Board members voted 19-8 to have Talus succeed Andrea Jelinek. Talus' five-year term as chair begins immediately. Regarding her new role and EU General Data Protection Regulation harmonization, Talus said the EDPB will "ensure that the legal framework related to the data protection is coherent, that the competences of the EDPB are safeguarded and that fragmentation is avoided."