BY RYAN HEATH, LAURENS CERULUS, JOANNA PLUCINSKA AND MARK SCOTT Power Matrix MOST INFLUENTIAL Facebook European Data European Protection Board Court of Justice Google Andrea Jelinek Austria and Europe’s chief regulator Amazon Helen Dixon Irish chief regulator German DPA Big banks Martin Selmayr Smaller European Irish High Court Microsoft data protection authorities Emmanuel Macron Hamburg state court IBM Věra Isabelle Jourová Falque-Pierrotin Uber Angela Merkel French chief regulator Margrethe Elizabeth Denham Vestager British chief regulator Apple U.S. Federal Data brokers Trade Commission Leo Varadkar Max Schrems Bruno Gencarelli PREPARED MOST Privacy activist Head of unit for Chinese government international data project, Equifax Japanese government Xavier Bettel Cloud La Quadrature European Commission companies du Net Korean government Online LEAST PREPARED LEAST marketers Alibaba Telecoms BSA Indian government Tencent companies The Software BEUC Alliance European Consumer Association Indian Olivier Micol Eduardo Supreme Court Head of unit Ustaran for data protection, Hogan Lovells’ U.K. High Court European Commission lead privacy lawyer Birgit Sippel Digital Rights e-Privacy rapporteur Ireland Finn Myrstad Norwegian consumer rights activist Axel Voss Sophie in ’t Veld Center-right Liberal lead privacy MEP Sajid Javid lead tech MEP Regulatory Renate Nikolay U.K. home secretary technology firms Jourová’s Cabinet chief Yahoo European Digital Rights Wilbur Ross Jan Philipp Albrecht U.S. commerce secretary Digital Europe GDPR rapporteur Jeff Sessions Alexander Hanff U.S. attorney general Privacy activist International Association of Privacy Professionals Cambridge Paul Nemitz Analytica Former director, LEAST INFLUENTIAL European Commission KEY TO THE MATRIX REGULATOR POLITICIAN/GOVERNMENT NGO/ACTIVIST BUSINESS COURTS/LEGAL SYSTEM.