Andrea Jelinek

Andrea Jelinek (* 1961 in Vienna ) is an Austrian lawyer . She has been the head of the Austrian data protection authority since January 1, 2014 and chair of the European Data Protection Committee since February 1, 2018 .

Career

Jelinek studied Jus and graduated as Dr. iur. from. During her studies she worked at the Fund for the Promotion of Scientific Research in Vienna as a consultant, then as a lawyer trainee and again as a consultant in the general secretariat of the Rectors' Conference . In 1993 she moved to the Ministry of the Interior as a consultant , and in 2003 she was finally appointed the first city governor (head of a police commissioner ) in Vienna with responsibility for the district of Landstrasse . In 2010 she switched to the Aliens Police Department of the Federal Police Department and later the State Police Department in Vienna .

In December 2013, Jelinek was appointed as the first head of the data protection authority established on January 1, 2014 as the successor to the Data Protection Commission - initially for five years, but her contract was extended to a further five years until the end of 2023. In February 2018, she was elected Chair of the European Data Protection Board for five years.

Jelinek is an expert in asylum and immigration law.

Private

Jelinek is the mother of one daughter.

Awards

Great badge of honor for services to the Republic of Austria

Individual evidence

↑ Head of new data protection authority fixed. In: futurezone.at. December 3, 2013, accessed December 31, 2018 .
↑ ^a ^b ^c Monika Graf: Andrea Jelinek is "Mrs. Data Protection". In: nachrichten.at. February 24, 2018, accessed December 31, 2018 .
↑ Data protection authority: Jelinek reappointed as head. In: vienna.at. December 17, 2018, accessed December 31, 2018 .
↑ Birgit Riegler: Andrea Jelinek: EU data protection in the hands of a Viennese woman. In: derstandard.at. February 8, 2018, accessed December 31, 2018 .

personal data
SURNAME	Jelinek, Andrea
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Austrian lawyer, director of the data protection authority
DATE OF BIRTH	1961
PLACE OF BIRTH	Vienna

[1] Head of new data protection authority fixed. In: futurezone.at. December 3, 2013, accessed December 31, 2018 .

[ooen-2] Monika Graf: Andrea Jelinek is "Mrs. Data Protection". In: nachrichten.at. February 24, 2018, accessed December 31, 2018 .

[3] Data protection authority: Jelinek reappointed as head. In: vienna.at. December 17, 2018, accessed December 31, 2018 .

[4] Birgit Riegler: Andrea Jelinek: EU data protection in the hands of a Viennese woman. In: derstandard.at. February 8, 2018, accessed December 31, 2018 .