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Daily Dashboard | Privacy Rapporteur Candidate: It Came Down To Politics Related reading: Evolving privacy law 'exciting' for IAPP Westin Scholar

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Following The Privacy Advisor’s coverage last week of the United Nations' (UN) announcement of its first rapporteur on the right to privacy, The Guardian has reported on the reactions. While the consultative group that analyzed applicants for the position recommended Katrin Nyman-Metcalf of Estonia for the position, UN Human Rights Council President Joachim Ruecker proposed the second-ranked candidate, Joseph Cannataci of Malta, for the position. Nyman-Metcalf told The Privacy Advisor over the weekend that the opposition to her appointment came from some states and some civil society organizations. “But I guess the main reason is just that it is down to UN politics,” she said, adding certain states would have preferred she had a different background or nationality.
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