EDPS Releases Opinion On Proposal For Single Digital Gateway Regulation

On August 1, the European Data Protection Supervisor ("EDPS") released an Opinion on the proposal for a regulation establishing a single digital gateway under the "once-only" principle. The "once-only" principle is "aimed at ensuring that citizens and businesses are requested to supply the same information only once to a public administration, which can then re-use the information they already have." The proposal seeks to create a technical system for specified cross-border procedures. Among the critiques offered in the opinion, EDPS suggests "clarifying that the Proposal does not provide a legal basis for using the technical system for exchanging information for purposes other than those provided for in the four directives listed or otherwise foreseen under applicable EU or national law, and that the Proposal does not aim to provide a restriction on the principle of purpose limitation under the GDPR [General Data Protection Regulation]."