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European Regulators Opine on “Purpose Limitation” Principle – What Constitutes “Compatible Use” in the Context of Big Data?

By Cédric Burton on May 15, 2013 Posted in Cybersecurity, European Union

On April 2, 2013, the European data protection regulators (the “Article 29 Working Party” or the “WP29”) issued a 70-page opinion providing guidance on how to comply with the core EU data protection principle of “purpose limitation.”1 This opinion gives a good indication of how EU regulators would apply their national data protection law to … Continue Reading