Peter Johan Hustinx (born 1945) is a Dutch lawyer who served as European Data Protection Supervisor (EDPS) from January 2004 – 2014.

[3][2] From 1971 to 1991 he worked at the Dutch Ministry of Justice in constitutional and criminal law and preparing legislation.

[3][2] He was general council of the public law division Dutch Ministry of Justice from 1979 to 1991.

In an IAAP article on his legacy Dutch MEP Sophie in ‘t Veld was quoted “When he took office, data protection was a minor issue.

So on his watch, the whole issue has changed dramatically.” In the same article Hogan Lovells’ Christopher Wolf described the EDPS as the “leading EU pundit on privacy and data security”[5]