About Juraj Sajfert

Juraj Sajfert is a doctoral candidate at the Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB) and the University of Luxembourg. He carries out a joint research project called 'Making transparent invisible surveillance: Digital investigatory measures in the European Union and their compatibility with EU data protection law'. Previously, he spent more than five years working for the Data Protection Unit of DG Justice and Consumers at the European Commission, moving from the position of a case-processing lawyer at the European Court of Human Rights. Juraj has been closely involved in the process of drafting and negotiating the new EU data protection legislation, particularly focusing on the Law Enforcement Directive, the Data Protection Regulation for Union institutions and bodies and data protection rules for the European Public Prosecutors’ Office and Eurojust.