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GDPR Procedures Regulation: "Stripping citizens of procedural rights"

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National Administrative Procedures and DPA inactivity GDPR Procedures Regulation: Commission Proposal is an attack on users' rights in GDPR procedures Today the EU Justice Commissioner Reynders has issued a proposal to fix the (lack of) cooperation between some Data Protection Authorities (DPAs). Currently the GDPR only tells DPAs to cooperate, but lacks the details about how this cooperation should work. Unfortunately, the Commission proposal seems to be technically and materially flawed and rather strips citizens of existing rights than ensuring their enforcement. Ideally, a new Regulation could follow established high level principles for cross-country procedures - leading to less interference with national procedures and more legal certainty. Link to the Commission Proposal Press Release by the Commission Find the noyb Proposal at https://gdpr-procedure.eu/ Background. The GDPR so far says that national DPAs must cooperate with each other, but the details of the procedures are left