Public Access vs. Private Records Protection
The European Data Protections Supervisor Peter Hustinx stated he was unhappy with the proposed law aimed at improving public access to EU documents. The European Commission proposed the law as a means to improve European government transparency.
Yet according to Computing.co.uk, Hustinx is concerned the security measures to protect personal data from public documents are inefficient. His concern was trigger when a reference to possible harm to “the privacy and the integrity” of the individual was deleted from the initial proposal.
“Public access on the one hand and privacy and data protection on the other are fundamental rights which represent key elements of good governance,” said Hustinx.
We’ll just have to wait and see what the will happen, and if the right to right to public access will win the battle, we could recommend some DLP solutions :).
