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EU Data Protection Laws Debated After Merkel
Bugging Row
Ordinary companies may be forced to employ data protection officers
to ensure they are compliant with a proposed new EU-wide law if it
is introduced, prime minister David Cameron has claimed.
The idea of tightening data protection laws in a bid to increase the
security of individuals has become a hot topic after claims emerged
that American National Security Agency intelligence agents had
been secretly monitoring calls made by German chancellor Angela
Merkel on her mobile phone. It has also been alleged in a Guardian
report that as many as 35 national leaders have been targeted in
similar ways.

2. Phone tapping between countries who are supposed to be firm allies is
one matter, but, according to Mr Cameron, imposing new data
protection laws that could place extra burdens on businesses is
another. He has been arguing that companies should have less
regulation and red tape to deal with, not more.
Companies who are faced with increasing data regulations may find
they can outsource the task of dealing with it, something that can
already be done when it comes to the storage of information. Indeed,
using a remote facility of this kind can be the best way of ensuring
individuals are not affected by the loss or theft of data.

3. While governments in Europe deal with the revelations about American
spies, ordinary companies may face threats to their own
communication systems for different reasons, from internal miscreants
to cyber-criminals hoping to make some money.
The nature and level of threats may have been partly emphasised this
month by the revelation that the picture-sharing social media site
snapchat has been targeted with an app called Snaphack that can
override the system. The site is supposed to work by blocking the
recipient of an image from seeing it for more than a few seconds and
this has meant it has been used by people sending particularly
personal pictures. However, Snaphack – which is not illegal – can store
these images.

4. Its creator UK-based developer Darren Jones told the BBC this month:
"My app just proves and informs people that these apps exist and
people need to be careful."
So whether the spying is being carried out by cyber-criminals,
government agencies or voyeurs, the dangers of lax data security are
ever-present.

5. Storetec News/Blogs."http://www.storetec.net/news-blog/eu-dataprotection-laws-debated-after-merkel-bugging-row/". EU Data
Protection Laws Debated After Merkel Bugging Row. October
25,2013. Storetec.

6. Storetec News/Blogs."http://www.storetec.net/news-blog/eu-dataprotection-laws-debated-after-merkel-bugging-row/". EU Data
Protection Laws Debated After Merkel Bugging Row. October
25,2013. Storetec.