During the negotiations and discussions on the planned EU Regulation on data protection, those responsible are not tired of emphasizing that one principle is to protect the citizens. To protect a right enshrined in the Constitution, the protection of personal data (Article 8 of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union). On the other hand, the new rules also should facilitate the free flow of data and the economic use of this data for companies.
The ambitious plan of the European Commission must not make the mistake and take legal decisions past the existing reality. The risk of losing sight of reality and fiction, and thereby create hardly enforceable legal requirements consists of two levels. On the side of the economy and businesses and on the other hand that one of users and citizens.
Most of the measures envisaged in the planned EU Regulation are aimed at companies that handle data. A certain level of privacy on the web will be strongly dependent on the observance of these rules by the companies.
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