US EditionAre We Criticizing GDPR for All the Wrong Reasons?
- The Draghi Report presented in September 2024 called for revising the GDPR due to overlaps and inconsistencies undermining workers' digital rights in the EU workplace.
- This came amid critiques that the GDPR, designed as a general data protection law, lacks workplace-specific provisions and causes fragmentation and compliance burdens.
- Meanwhile, the Platform Work Directive aims to fill GDPR’s gaps by extending rights around algorithmic decisions, banning robo-firing, and re-establishing a right to explanation for workers.
- Recent OECD statistics indicate that approximately 79% of companies across major Western European economies employ algorithmic management tools, underscoring the limited effectiveness of the GDPR in addressing contemporary workplace monitoring and AI deployment.
- Experts argue Europe’s sluggish innovation stems from structural issues and fragmentation, warning deregulation without harmonization risks inefficiency, as shown by the disastrous US DOGE experiment.
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Are we criticizing GDPR for all the wrong reasons?
Simplify," "Streamline," "Scale back." While EU communiqués often find creative ways to avoid uttering the word "deregulation," this new European Commission is all about boosting the bloc's competitiveness by "cutting red tape." The intention to stimulate the continent's economy might be laudable, but there is a real risk of throwing the baby out with the bathwater.
We’re criticising GDPR for all the wrong reasons
PrasitRodphan/Shutterstock“Simplify”, “Streamline”, “Scale back”. While EU communiqués often find creative ways to avoid uttering the word “deregulation”, this new European Commission is all about boosting the bloc’s competitiveness by “cutting red tape”. The intention to stimulate the continent’s economy might be laudable, but there is a real risk of throwing the baby out with the bathwater. The Draghi Report, presented in September 2024, laid …
We’re criticising GDPR for all the wrong reasons – Famagusta Gazette
Antonio Aloisi, IE University “Simplify”, “Streamline”, “Scale back”. While EU communiqués often find creative ways to avoid uttering the word “deregulation”, this new European Commission is all about boosting the bloc’s competitiveness by “cutting red tape”. The intention to stimulate the continent’s economy might be laudable, but there is a real risk of throwing the baby out with the bathwater. The Draghi Report, presented in September 2024, l…
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