Tongues
are wagging and the twittersphere has the usual suspects sharing their opinions
on the latest leaked DAPIX draft. According
to whom you believe, it either represents a watering down of the European
Parliament’s proposals, or it is a welcome step in the right direction.
To
my eyes, it’s an interesting attempt to ensure that whatever forms of processing
are to be permitted, processing for the public interest (ie processing by
Member States) appears to have a slightly easier ride than processing for
private interests (ie processing carried out by commercial organisations).
Naturally, this is what might you expect when the text is being considered by, wait for it,
representatives of the public interest.
But,
in following the mantra “nothing is agreed until everything is agreed”, I won’t
be spending any more time carefully analyzing this document. The proposed rules
are bound to change – after all, even the 30 pages of leaked text has 90
footnotes reporting on the reservations that Member States have lodged.
If
I were Sir Richard Branson, I might well consider tweaking the notice that is
currently displayed on all Virgin Rail loo seats, to urge privacy pros not to
stuff their copy of this draft down the pan.
Yes,
the draft needs to be discarded, but surely not in that way.
Source:
http://www.euractiv.com/sections/innovation-industry/member-states-hope-soften-data-protection-reform-talks-312639?utm_source=EurActiv+Newsletter&utm_campaign=78bd6c2820-newsletter_daily_update&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_bab5f0ea4e-78bd6c2820-245671226
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