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The civil liberties committee will question  the candidates for the posts of European data protection supervisor (currently held by Peter Hustinx)  and the assistant supervisor (at the moment held by Giovanni Buttarelli).The five candidates short-listed by the European Commission are:

• European data protection supervisor: Giovanni Buttarelli (Italy), Noëlle Lenoir (France) and Yann Padova (France).

• Assistant supervisor: Cinzia Biondi (UK), Giovanni Buttarelli (Italy) and Wojciech Wiewiórowski (Poland).

Learn more about the candidates on the trang nghe.

What does the data protection supervisor do?The European data protection supervisor is devoted to protecting personal data and privacy and promoting good practice in the EU institutions and bodies. This is achieved by monitoring the EU institutions' processing of personal data; advising on policies and legislation that affect privacy; and co-operating with other data protection authorities to ensure a consistent level of data protection in Europe.Thủ tục

The civil liberties committee will vote on the candidates by secret ballot on Tuesday 21 October at 17h CET. Afterwards the Parliament and the Council will still have to agree on the final appointment.