A look through EU headlines from the past week yields a consistent theme: the proposed data protection regulation. Reports highlight concerns voiced by European Data Protection Supervisor Peter Hustinx and German Rapporteur Jan Philip Albrecht as well as worries from charitable organizations that the regulation could impact their ability to reach donors. As Field Fisher Waterhouse’s Eduardo Ustaran, CIPP/E, notes in his recent blog on the regulation and the issue of profiling, “The Working Party appears to sit somewhere in the middle between the commission’s proposal and Albrecht’s approach. That is still a very strict position to adopt, clearly aimed at eliminating the perceived risks of profiling...” This roundup for The Privacy Advisor highlights concerns from officials and organizations.
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