The European Commission found the Dutch data protection authority, Autoriteit Persoonsgegevens, misread the EU General Data Protection Regulation leading to a “strict interpretation,” NRC reports. The commission said the AP’s interpretation “constitutes a serious obstacle for companies to process personal data based on a commercial interest, because they should receive permission from every data subject” and called on the authority to change its opinion. In response, AP Chairman Aleid Wolfsen refused, writing “I am strongly convinced that this cannot be the case.”