Commission adopted a draft regulation on the protection of data which deeply reviews existing rules. Ariane Mole, Partner at the Bird & Bird law firm, has agreed to tell Planet Labor about the changes this draft should bring to industrial relations. The text as is allows harmonizing the rights in the different Member States and facilitates international data transfers in large groups but not without increasing the obligations and penalties businesses are subject to. (Ref. 120117)
- What changes does the draft regulation on the protection of personal data, adopted on January 25 (see our dispatch No. 120083), bring?
Ariane Mole. Obviously, the key novelty is the harmonization of national laws as a result from the legal nature of the text. It is a regulation which is directly implemented in national systems. Today, a directive governs the protection of private data, which is why the rules are so different from one State to the other.This harmonization comes with the definition of the applicable law.