The Commission’s Data Protection Regulation: weaknesses from the data subject perspective

Just published on Hawktalk: http://amberhawk.typepad.com/amberhawk/

Next week, the ICO is holding a meeting to discuss, in detail, the Regulation as published by the European Commission. So, I have decided to publish our comments on the Regulation (see references) and use this blog to provide a summary of the key points.

The comments that I think could interest blog readers relate to the following topics:

• The wider definition of “personal data” should not cause problems for data controllers
• The Regulation excludes confidential personal data already subject to the DPA  ß-------------------Refers to Accessible Records and cat(e) personal data
• There is need for a prohibition on enforced subject access
• Switch from the right to be forgotten to the right to object to the processing
• The centralization of power by the Commission is unbalanced and unacceptable

If interested, follow the link

Chris