Privacy, the European guarantors are short of money

It is necessary increase the financial resources directed to the protection of personal datato continue to to apply European standards such as the General Data Protection Regulation (Gdpr) and avoid the risk of these institutions losing credibility. This is the request made to the European Parliament and the Council of the Union by Andrea Jelinek, president of the European Data Protection Board (EDPB), and Wojciech Wiewiórowski, European Data Protection Supervisor (Edps), with an open letter sent to the two institutions.

“We are deeply concerned to see how the European 2023 budget, if not substantially increased, it will be far too small to allow Edpb and Edps to carry out their duties adequately“, reads the document signed by Jelinek and Wiewiórowski, addressed to the President of the European Parliament Roberta Metsola and Edita Hrdá, permanent representative of the Czech Republic, the country that currently holds the rotating presidency of the Council of the Union. The two are currently engaged in discussions on the 2023 budget.

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European institutions are under increasing pressure to reduce spending budgets. In the financial period between 2014 and 2020, the cut was 5%while in the current one it was asked to keep costs stable, in the face of more and more skills. However, this year’s budget decisions are particularly challenging, due to the surge in inflation and the energy crisis, which has led institutions to cut wages and cut staff.

The European Data Protection Supervisor collaborates with the European Data Protection Board, which coordinates the application of the GDPR in the European Unionin cases where the violations affect the entire community and cross national borders, through the so-called one-stop-shop principle, or one-stop-shop. Under this system, organizations with their registered office in the European Union are only accountable to the authorities of the country in which they are registered.

However, both due to the inaction of some national authorities and the high profile of various proceedings, some cases have been referred to the Committee where multiple regulators can intervene and contribute to the final decision. This dispute resolution mechanism is increasingly used, such as during action versus Instagram which brought a huge 405 million euro fine against Meta’s social network.