Three organisations representing the interests of SMEs at European level, UEAPME, EUROCHAMBERS and HOTREC, wrote to the European Commissioner for Justice, Vera Jourova, on Tuesday 15 May, to ask the Commission for a“period of grace” of one year before applying the sanctions set out in the general data protection regulation (GDPR), which will enter into force in barely ten days' time.
To substantiate their request, the organisations refer to the late publication of certain guidelines of...