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National data-retention laws under watch, EU Commission says, but no enforcement imminent

By Matthew Newman
  • 13 Apr 2021 11:46
  • 13 Apr 2021 11:46
EU governments’ data-retention laws are being kept under scrutiny in Brussels for violations of a landmark ruling last year that set limits on bulk collection, but legal action isn't being considered at the moment, a European Commission official said today.

Most governments have "elements" of their laws on data retention that d

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Matthew Newman

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Matthew Newman is a chief correspondent for MLex and writes about data protection, privacy, telecoms, cyber security and artificial intelligence. Matthew began his journalism career in 1991 in community newspapers. He worked as a reporter in Riga, Latvia in 1993 and then moved to Chicago where he covered local news. In 1995, he became a personal finance reporter for Dow Jones Newswires, and was then transferred to Brussels in 1999. He specialized in EU regulatory affairs, including trade and telecom issues. He began covering competition for Bloomberg News as an EU court reporter in 2004. In 2010, he was named spokesman for Viviane Reding, the EU’s justice commissioner. In January 2012, he helped launch the commission’s proposal to overall data protection rules.

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