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ARTICLE · 28 MAY 2015

European Data Protection Supervisor And Big Data

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Recently the European Data Protection Supervisor, Giovanni Buttarelli, spoke about Big Data and Data Protection in a keynote address in Berlin.

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Recently the European Data Protection Supervisor, Giovanni Buttarelli, spoke about Big Data and Data Protection in a keynote address in Berlin.

Mr Buttarelli said that the advantages of Big Data should be supported by "an ethical approach to developing technology and related business models", "reformed legal rules", "privacy by design" and "enforcement cooperation".

Mr Buttarelli's presentation had been preceded by a presentation from Julie Brill, the Federal Trade Commissioner, so Mr Buttarelli built upon the FTC position of mutual cooperation between the US and Europe and was keen to reinforce the bridge that exists between the two continents.

However Mr Buttarelli highlighted some of the risks that Big Data poses to the protection of personal data as follows:

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