EU commissioner calls for tougher data protection laws
Posted by Richard in Data Protection at May 27th, 2008
New Europe has published an article by Thomas Hammarberg, Commissioner for Human Rights for the Council of Europe, calling for stronger data protection rules in Europe:
Surveillance technology is developing with breath-taking speed. This creates new instruments in the struggle against terrorism and organised crime, but also raises fundamental questions on the right to privacy for everyone. Individuals should be protected from intrusions into their private life and from the improper collecting, storing, sharing and use of data about them. Terrorism and organised crime must be combated - but not with means which undermine basic human rights.
