EU Launches Legal Action Against Spain over ‘Excessive’ Traveller Data Collection
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The European Commission considers the amount of data required in hotels and car rental agencies to be disproportionate, a measure that had already provoked protests in the tourism sector
The European Commission announced this Thursday the opening of an infringement procedure against Spain by the so-called Register of Travellers, promoted by the Ministry of the Interior led by Fernando Grande-Marlaska, considering that the regulations oblige to collect and store a quantity of personal data that is incompatible with Community data protection legislation.
The Spanish Confederation of Hotels and Tourist Accommodation (CEHAT) and the Spanish Conference of Travel Agencies (CEAV) require the Spanish Government to repeal the register of travellers after the European Commission has announced an infringement procedure against Spain, considering that it violates European data protection regulations. The hotel management claims that the Brussels reprimand is "the chronicle of an announced warning" after f…
The Business Federation of Territorial Associations of Spanish Travel Agencies (Fetave) and the National Union of Travel Agencies (UNAV) have requested the Ministry of the Interior to urgently suspend the application of Royal Decree 933/2021 to travel agencies, after the European Commission has opened infringement proceedings against [...] The entrance UNAV and Fetave request to suspend the registration of travellers to the agencies after the fi…
The European Commission has opened an infringement procedure against the Government of Spain on the grounds that the new register of travellers (Real Decreto 933/2021) imposes obligations on travel agencies and other tour operators incompatible with EU law. From the Business Federation of Territorial Associations of Spanish Travel Agencies (FETAVE) and UNAV this measure taken by Brussels is celebrated. Both entities have already requested the Mi…
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