Dutch Data Protection Authority Again Critical of Controversial 'War Archive': 'Living People Have the Right to Protection of Their Data'

The data of people who are still alive, but do appear in the controversial 'war archive', are not sufficiently protected in the plan of Minister Eppo Bruins to make the war archive fully searchable online. The Dutch Data Protection Authority (AP) warns against this in a new critical advice. In the meantime, the NSC minister is investing 5.1 million euros in a temporary facility, which will allow relatives to search the digital part at the Nation…

The Dutch Data Protection Authority (AP) is sounding the alarm about the government's plan to amend the Archives Act. According to the privacy watchdog, the proposal will remove the legal protection of personal data from many archives. Data of living persons in particular would be placed online without any guarantees.