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EU law doesn't work like that. Each country has to pass their own local law to enforce the GDPR. For the UK that was the Data Protection Bill 2017.
by jashmatthews 8y ago
EU law doesn't work like that. Each country has to pass their own local law to enforce the GDPR. For the UK that was the Data Protection Bill 2017.
- YeGoblynQueenne 8y agoFrom wikipedia: The GDPR replaces the 1995 Data Protection Directive.[4] Because the GDPR is a regulation, not a directive, it does not require national governments to pass any enabling legislation and is directly binding and applicable.[5] So, no local laws. It's a regulation.
- jotaen 8y agoOnly for the sake of correctness/completeness: GDPR does allow member states to adjust certain details to bring them in line with local regulations (see Chapter 9). These are explicit opening clauses though that must not basically weaken or augment GDPR.
- jashmatthews 8y agoIt's more complex than that. Different countries might pass different laws about interpretation, and both are valid until there's an ECJ decision.
- jashmatthews 8y agoIt's an EU Regulation, which under EU law the local courts have a duty to enforce. Local courts and laws will be dealing with all the details unless a case is appealed to ECJ. To say that local courts and laws will have no influence is complete rubbish.
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