SECTORAL POLICIES / Justice

'GDPR' Regulation can serve as an example for development of a multilateral standard, says Commission

Brussels, 25/07/2019 (Agence Europe)

In an interim evaluation, the European Commission concluded on Wednesday 24 July that the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) is generally being properly applied in the European Union, just over a year after its entry into force.

Better still, European rules could even serve as a basis for the development of a "modern and high level digital standard" internationally, said the European Commissioner for Justice, Vĕra Jourová, who presented the Commission's assessment to the European...