Council of the EU Releases Draft Compromise
The Council of the European Union has released a draft compromise text in response to the European Commission’s proposed data protection regulation. According to Hunton & Williams’ Privacy and Information Security Law Blog, the text narrows the scope of the regulation and “seeks to move from a detailed, prescriptive approach toward a risk-based framework.” In this exclusive for The Privacy Advisor, Centre for Information Policy Leadership President Marty Abrams and Wilson Sonisini Senior Of Counsel Christopher Kuner both share their insights of this latest development, which has some privacy advocates up in arms.
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Ministers To Mull Exemptions to Rule
EU Justice Ministers will today consider granting EU institutions “a sweeping exemption” from new data protection rules that would require the institutions to employ a data protection officer and consult the European Data Protection Supervisor, EurActiv reports. The European Commission says the rule is currently stricter than general rules on data protection. The exemption would apply after the new regulation is passed, but would include the stipulation that the commission update existing law to bring it in line with the revised regulation.
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