The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development Committee on Digital Economy Policy held a meeting last month to consider government access to personal data held by the public sector. Members from Australia, Canada, Japan, the U.K. and U.S. supported a set of principles giving "obliged access" for law enforcement to access data for investigations. The European Union wants to give the CDEP more time to "develop draft principles with a broader scope to cover all methods of government access." Meanwhile, Denmark's data protection authority, Datatilsynet, published guidance on data transfers to third countries.
16 July 2021
OECD members split on government access to personal data
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