Thomas Lohninger is currently Executive Director of the Working Group on Data Retention Austria. He worked for European Digital Rights as Policy Advisor on the net neutrality aspects of the Telecom Single Market regulation. He worked 8 years in IT as programmer and administrator, has a Bachelor in Cultural- and Social anthropology at the University of Vienna and is Trainer for practical IT-Security since 2012. In his private time he does Podcasts about scientific and technological subjects.