As host of this year’s 35th Annual Conference of Data Protection and Privacy Commissioners, Wojciech Wiewiórski, Poland’s Inspector General for Personal Data Protection, finds himself with privacy in perhaps its brightest spotlight ever. Not only is the European Union in the midst of the much-talked-about overhaul of the Data Protection Regulation, but virtually the entire globe continues to be riveted by the news of U.S. (and more) government surveillance triggered by the whistleblower Edward Snowden. In an exclusive interview with The Privacy Advisor, he talks about the conference’s big themes, how the NSA revelations will be discussed and what the big news will be in Warsaw this year.
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