V3.co.uk reports on rights groups that have written to the European Commission (EC) with “concerns that new data protection laws currently being worked on will actually erode individuals’ data protection and privacy rights.” Amidst the EC’s efforts “to have a single cross-continent data protection law in place … a coalition of more than 60 rights groups from across the globe have now sent an open letter to EC President Jean-Claude Juncker explaining their concerns that the new laws being mooted will actually erode data protection for individuals, not enhance it.” European Digit Rights Executive Director Joe McNamee noted, “Without leadership from president Juncker, the right to privacy, not just in Europe but around the globe, will be undermined.”
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