The European Data Protection Supervisor (EDPS), the Italian Giovanni Buttarelli, died on Tuesday night, 20 August, at the age of 62. The Assistant Supervisor, Wojciech Wiewiórowski, will hold the position until the end of his mandate in December, his office said on Wednesday, August 21.
On Wednesday, on Twitter, the European institutions, several MEPs and data protection organisations paid tribute to him and called it "a sad day for Europe and for data protection".
"His life-long work,...