A look through the EU’s headlines of the past week yields a consistent theme: the proposed data protection regulation. From concerns voiced by European Data Protection Supervisor Peter Hustinx and German Rapporteur Jan Philip Albrecht on the future of the proposal to worries from charitable organisations that the regulation’s provisions could impact their ability to market to donors, this roundup for The Privacy Advisor highlights some of the key comments from officials and organisations. Hustinx, for example, cautions that if the legislation does not pass before the end of the European Parliament’s tenure, it will mean “serious repercussions in terms of economic development.”
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