Anu Talus
Information Commissioner, Finland
Chair of the European Data Protection Board

Anu Talus is the Chair of the European Data Protection Board (EDPB) since May 2023, as well as Finnish Information Commissioner (since autumn 2020). Before holding her current positions, she worked as Deputy Information Commissioner. Prior to her work at the Finnish data protection authority, Talus served as Senior Adviser at the Ministry of Justice for over ten years. While working at the Ministry of Justice she was responsible for leading the national implementation of the GDPR in Finland and acted as representative of the Finnish government in the GDPR negotiations in Brussels. Talus has also worked at the European Commission, International Data Flows and Protection Unit (DG Justice and Consumers) as Seconded National Expert (SNE). Talus holds a Doctor of Laws degree and a Master of Laws degree from the University of Helsinki and a Master of Arts degree from the University of Vaasa. Talus specializes in the rights of data subjects in the digital environment, cross-border data processing, and balancing the protection of personal data and the principle of openness. Her doctoral dissertation dealt with reconciling the right of public access to documents with the protection of personal data in the European legal framework.