Press Release: Data protection: Council supports ‘one-stop-shop’ principle

The Council on 7 October 2013 had an in depth discussion on the proposal for a regulation setting out a general EU framework for data protection with the aim of providing guidance for further work at expert level on the 'one-stop-shop' mechanism laid down in the Commission proposal.

The 'one-stop-shop' principle, together with the consistency mechanism, is one of the central pillars of the Commission proposal. According to this principle, when the processing of personal data takes place in more than one member state, one single supervisory authority should be competent for monitoring the activities of the controller or processor throughout the Union and taking the related decisions.

ESO: Background information: New EU privacy rules worry business http://www.europeansources.info/record/new-eu-privacy-rules-worry-business/

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