At a Home Affairs Council meeting in Luxembourg last week, EU Justice Commissioner Viviane Reding said she was willing to offer some concessions to small-medium enterprises (SMEs) and the public sector in revisions to the data protection regulation, COMPUTERWORLD UK reports. Though the regulation needs the “right firmness of touch,” Reding said she did not want SMEs to be overburdened. “The commission is prepared to look at whether this SME exemption could be broadened to other areas and that we can also look to add further flexibility through an approach that takes into account the amount and sensitivity of the data processed,” Reding said, adding, “One thing is clear: There can be no general exemption for the public sector.”
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