Local and regional governments as service providers
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If applied to the public sector, EU data protection regulation will fail to improve citizen’s rights, but at major ... Local and regional authorities in Europe warn that the new draft regulation on data protection has been elaborated with the private sector alone in mind and, if applied to the public sector, will create additional costs for municipalities and regions with very little benefit to the population.
This warning comes after a meeting the Council of European Municipalities and Regions (CEMR) had with the European Parliament rapporteur on the issue, Jan Philipp Albrecht, as the debate on the European Commission’s proposal for a regulation on data protection continues. Until now, the public sector was not adequately heard during the decision-making process despite the regulation’s strong ...
This warning comes after a meeting the Council of European Municipalities and Regions (CEMR) had with the European Parliament rapporteur on the issue, Jan Philipp Albrecht, as the debate on the European Commission’s proposal for a regulation on data protection continues. Until now, the public sector was not adequately heard during the decision-making process despite the regulation’s strong ...
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