On January 27, 2015, the new European Data Protection Supervisor ("EDPS"), gave a speech warning EU legislators about the risks of adopting counter-terrorism measures that fail to comply with the ECJ's annulment of the data retention directive. The EDPS identified several measures that do not pose data privacy problems, including the establishment of a European Counter-Terrorism Centre, the exchange of data on terrorist related convictions, and the improvements to border controls and information sharing. However, the EDPS called for closer scrutiny on other measures, including the proposal for a EU system for processing passenger name records.
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