THE EDPS’S OPINION ON THE EUROPEAN STRATEGY FOR DATA

18.06.2020

The European Data Protection Supervisor (“EDPS”) has released its opinion on “A European Strategy for Data” which aims to create a single European data space in order to make it easier for businesses and public authorities to access high-quality data to boost growth and create value.

The EDPS states that big data comes with big responsibility, and therefore appropriate data protection safeguards must be in place. In this respect, the EDPS announces its satisfactions on the Commission’s commitment to ensure that the Strategy would be developed in full compliance with the General Data Protection Regulation.

The EDPS also underlines that the objective of the Data Strategy should be open, fair and democratic. Furthermore, this Opinion takes into account the unprecedented global crisis, caused by the COVID19 pandemic, which has affected all aspects of our life. In this context, the EDPS reiterates his position that data protection is not the problem but part of the solution.

You can read the full text of the Opinion here.

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