The Consumer Federation of America praised the European Union Wednesday...
The Consumer Federation of America praised the European Union Wednesday for its proposed Data Protection Regulation, which is designed to update and strengthen consumer privacy rights in EU member nations. In a letter to members of the European Parliament, the…
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federation and other U.S. consumer and privacy groups said the regulation “will benefit consumers around the globe as businesses improve their privacy practices and security standards.” “We need 21st century solutions to address the privacy issues that are raised by the increasingly global marketplace and the proliferation of new data collection techniques and uses,” Susan Grant, the federation’s director of consumer protection, said in a news release. The EU’s proposed regulation would expand its definition of “personal information,” limit profiling, create a new data breach notification requirement and strengthen the authority of EU members’ data protection agencies. In the letter, the U.S. groups noted that the Obama administration’s proposed Consumer Privacy Bill of Rights contains similar privacy protection, but lacks legal force. “The EU is leading the way by tackling these complex issues in a comprehensive manner, which the U.S. hasn’t done so far,” the letter said (http://xrl.us/bnoikp).