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> They are motivated, as political bodies, by politics. The "political bodies" in this case are the National Data Protection Authorities. They are indendent, a
by madez 8y ago
> They are motivated, as political bodies, by politics.
The "political bodies" in this case are the National Data Protection Authorities. They are indendent, and their only politics is ensuring compliance with the data protection regulation, as required by the GDPR, Article 52 [0].
Furthermore, due to lack of evidence, your example is not conclusive as to show that regulatory bodies act for political reasons they were not supposed to pursue. Also, if one regulatory body broke the rules, that does not mean that others will do so, too.
However, I'd love to know the details of what bank was breaking what regulation and what authority was not acting according to their mission, if that is what you want to exemplify.
[0] https://gdpr-info.eu/art-52-gdpr/ https://gdpr-info.eu/art-52-gdpr/
- vsl 8y agoIt is incredibly naive to think they are apolitical. They are part of executive branch, their actions directly affect state budget.
- zielmicha 8y agoIn Poland, for example, the chairman of this regulatory body has 4 year term and is unremovable. So he doesn't have many reasons to be political.
- dexterdog 8y agoHe has to be political to get the position in the first place and then again if he wants to get renewed (assuming it's not limited) or if he wants to move to a higher position after the four year. The only way to make it minimally political is to have the term limited to one and have the person be ineligible for any political appointment or government job of any kind at the end of the term.