"To bring the outside world in" – that's certainly one way to put it:
»Geert Potjewijd, a corporate lawyer who spent decades defending big tech companies like #Meta and #TikTok against privacy claims, will become chair of the Dutch data protection authority AP from August 1. […]
In a statement, the AP’s deputy chair Monique Verdier said Potjewijd “literally brings the outside world in” and pointed to his motivation to strengthen human rights and protect democracy.«
https://www.dutchnews.nl/2026/05/big-tech-lawyer-to-chair-dutch-privacy-watchdog-ap/
Putting the fox in charge of the henhouse seems to be a pattern emerging in the #EU, with the Irish #DPA already being headed by a former lobbyist:
https://noyb.eu/en/former-meta-lobbyist-named-dpc-commissioner-meta-now-officially-regulates-itself
#GDPR #DPA #privacy