In a new opinion, the European Data Protection Supervisor (EDPS) has recommended that “trust service providers” and other electronic identification issuers should be required to meet a common set of data security standards under the proposed Electronic Trust Services Regulation, Out-Law.com reports. The EDPS said “the proposed regulation should establish a minimum set of requirements, in particular with respect to the circumstances, formats and procedures associated to security as well as the criteria, conditions and requirements, including the determination of what constitutes the state of the art in terms of security for electronic trust services.”
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