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The final draft of the General Data Protection Regulation, agreed upon during a negotiating session between the European Commission and European Parliament, will include a provision explicitly stating that Holocaust related archives will be exempt from restrictions, officials from the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance told The Jerusalem Post on Wednesday. The Berlin-based international organization had previously raised concerns over the bill, which seeks to give European citizens greater control over their data held by third parties, after researchers complained that archivists in several countries had used the pending law to prevent them from examining documents. http://bit.ly/1Oc4HME http://bit.ly/1Oc4HME+ -- Peterk Dallas, Tx [log in to unmask] Save our in-boxes! http://emailcharter.org "The problems of our economy have occurred not as an outgrowth of laissez-faire, unbridled competition. They have occurred under the guidance of federal agencies, and under the umbrella of federal regulations." Senator Ted Kennedy, in defending trucking deregulation in 1978. Contact the list owner for assistance at [log in to unmask] For information about joining, leaving and suspending mail (eg during a holiday) see the list website at https://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/webadmin?A0=archives-nra