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Marie-Hélène Boulanger began her career working on IT and Freedom at the University of Namur. She then spent five years at the Belgian Data Protection Authority, two of which she served as Secretary and Head of Service. From there, she joined the Directorate-General for Internal Market of the European Commission as a national expert in the data protection unit. She subsequently moved to the Directorate-General responsible for Justice and Home Affairs, where she led the legal team of the unit responsible for large-scale IT systems and specialised in the policy aspects of the Schengen Information System. Between September 2009 and June 2014, she headed the data protection unit, which was responsible, among other things, for the reform of EU data protection law. She is currently Acting Director on Fundamental Rights, Democracy and Rule of Law and head of Unit in charge of Democracy, citizenship and anti-corruption. She has been acting director among others on equality.
