Day: March 30, 2012

I have just attended an interesting (and partly depressing) data protection event which considered the implementation of the Data Protection Regulation. The European Commission’s spokesperson (Paul Nemitz) signalled an inflexible approach towards the implementation of the Data Protection Regulation; he stated that he would consider amendments that make the Regulation work better but not those amendments that were based on alternative (and better) ideas. At the meeting Mr Nemitz pointedly said that in Germany there is a high level of