EU will remove some personal data protection
The European Commission will propose that some personal data protection be downloaded to facilitate the administrative burden on small business. This is written by Politico on Thursday, announcing that changes to the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) will be proposed by June.
Reducing regulations is a key focus on Commission President Ursula von der Layen as an attempt to make business in Europe more competitive than competitors in the United States and China.
The Commission said earlier that the simplicity plan will focus on the reporting requirements for organizations with less than 500 employees, but will not affect « the main primary goal of GDPR ».
Adjustments may include limiting the requirements for keeping data processing activities or reforming the way companies provide declarations for impact on data protection – two rules that are considered too clumsy for smaller companies, writes Politico.
The newspaper warns that the opening of the regulation can renew the war on the lobbies of major technology companies and the defenders of privacy, which was one of the most difficult battles surrounding the adoption of legislation in 2018.
« Politico » cites Itsoso Domingle de Olazabal, a political advisor in the Digital Rights Group EDRI, according to which the opening of GDPR is risky, despite the good intentions that the proposal may have.
Stopping clock
The European Commission has already proposed simplifying the rules related to some laws on the green transaction. On Thursday, the European Parliament agreed to the postponement of the entry into force of some obligations of companies related to their climate policies.
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In this way, businesses will have to integrate climate efforts into their business models from 2028 – a year later than the care of the Directive. The deferral of the Directive for Resistance to Sustainability is two years. It provides for companies to report their social and environmental measures on their social and environmental measures. With the delay, this process will only begin in 2028 for large companies and in 2029 for small and medium -sized ones.
The legislative changes that were voted in Strasbourg on the rapid procedure were called « stopping the clock » to shorten the time limits for adoption after negotiations with the Member States. They are expected to end before June.
