Exemptions in the Irish draft of the Data Protection Regulation is a recipe for disharmony and permits Member States to order PRISM type disclosures
15 August 2013
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I have just realised the Irish revisions to the text of the European Commission’s Data Protection Regulation anticipates Member States enacting legislation that requires data processors to disclose personal data, possibly for any exemption specified in the Regulation, without the knowledge or consent of the data controller and, if needed, contrary to any instructions given by the data controller. The possibility of such disclosures extends well beyond the “NSA and PRISM” circumstances exposed by whistle-blower, Mr. Snowden. Indeed, I would argue that
