EU data protection will STIFLE business, moans gov.UK

The European Commission has not calculated the full costs to businesses of changes to the EU data protection regime, the Government has said.
The Ministry of Justice (MoJ) said that the Commission's assessment on the impact its draft General Data Protection Regulation would have on businesses does "not properly quantify the costs which would be imposed on business through compliance with the proposals."

It added that the commission had also "potentially" overstated the benefits of creating a single data protection law to govern across the EU.

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