Extract from Lords motion to approve the Data Protection, Privacy and Electronic Communications (Amendments etc) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 - Feb 18
Tuesday, 19 February 2019 07:22
Lord Adonis (Lab):...I am also not sure it is true to say that
there would be no burdens as a result of the regulations even at
the outset. I am a lay man in this business, and trying to
understand what is going on is very difficult, particularly because
there has been no consultation and we do not have the opportunity
to assess what people who are expert and directly affected have
said. The reason I intervened on the Minister in his opening
remarks is that, having been a company director who...Request free trial
(Lab):...I am also not
sure it is true to say that there would be no burdens as a result
of the regulations even at the outset. I am a lay man in this
business, and trying to understand what is going on is very
difficult, particularly because there has been no consultation and
we do not have the opportunity to assess what people who are expert
and directly affected have said. The reason I intervened on the
Minister in his opening remarks is that, having been a company
director who has had to deal with the implementation of the GDPR, I
know that having a representative dealing with data matters inside
the EEA is very important. Many companies have offshored a lot of
their data-control activities, and the requirement of the GDPR that
they must have a representative inside the EEA—which I think is the
correct thing to do—is a definite burden. It means that companies
have to employ not only additional individuals but have to set up
additional offices, in essence, to cope with those flows in many
cases, particularly if they are dealing with significant
data-handling exercises which are outside the EEA at the moment.
This happens all the time with call centres in India; many companies are in this
territory...
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