Giovanni Buttarelli | Vibepedia

Giovanni Buttarelli was an Italian lawyer and the European Data Protection Supervisor from 2014 to 2019, playing a crucial role in shaping the European Union's data protection regulations, including the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), in collaboration with experts like Tim Berners-Lee and organizations like the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF). His work had a significant impact on companies like Google, Facebook, and Apple, which had to adapt to the new regulations. Buttarelli's legacy continues to influence data protection policies worldwide, with countries like the United States and China looking to the EU as a model for their own regulations, as discussed by scholars like Shoshana Zuboff and Andrew Keen.