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EU: European Data Protection Supervisor (EDPS): Press release and Background Paper on the fundamental right to data protection in the EU

01 March 2011

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EU: European Data Protection Supervisor (EDPS): Press release (pdf) and Background Paper (pdf):

Peter Hustinx, EDPS, says: "Reconciling data protection, privacy and public access to documents is a challenge at EU as well as Member State level. Whilst the fundamental right to data protection must be respected by the institutions, care should be taken that data protection is not used as a pretext for not being transparent. This is detrimental to good governance and not in the interest of data protection either. The EU administration should therefore give the right example. Our analysis has shown that a proactive approach serves all interests best."

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