UK Justice Secretary Ken Clarke said he does not support the new EU data protection legislation that has been proposed, The Register reports. In a speech to the British Chamber of Commerce in Brussels, Clarke said, "A preoccupation with imposing a single, inflexible, codified data protection regime on the whole of the European Union, regardless of the different cultures and different legal systems, carries with it serious risks." Clarke also criticised the concept of "the right to be forgotten," saying that, in practice, it would create "an unachievable standard." Clarke also said, "Rather than improving privacy, safety and freedom, there is a real risk that some of these ideas might accidentally undermine them."
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