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EU Supervisor alarmed by threats to access rights

01 March 2012

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EU Supervisor alarmed by threats to access rights (wobbing.eu, link): "Proposed new EU-rules on data protection threaten public access to documents and the freedom of expression. Data protection supervisor Peter Hustinx calls for a ”substantive provision” to safeguard these rights."

Background: European Data Protection Supervisor's: Opinion on proposed new Regulation on data protection (pdf)

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