Thread by @EstelMP

We have a message for the @EU_Commission: It's time to save the #GDPR

How? By proposing a new, complementary, law to clarify the #GDPR enforcement model, harmonise procedures, & increase the powers of the EDPB

Read our new report: accessnow.org/GDPR-4-years

Why does the #GDPR needs saving?

🔔Alarm bells over the unequal and slow enforcement of the GDPR have been ringing

⌚️People filing complaints with their data protection authorities are waiting to see their rights materialise

🇪🇺 National procedures block DPAs' cooperation

Even filing a complaint can be difficult:

A study by The Data Protection Law Scholars Network shows that people across the EU do not have an equal right to lodge a complaint: accessnow.org/gdpr-complaint…

This is a serious impediment to the GDPR’s efficacy for vindicating our rights.

So, do we need a recast of the GDPR?
NO.

The #GDPR is still fit for purpose. We call for a complementary law.

This entails political risks of re-opening past lobbying battles, but doing nothing also means risking giving up on the GDPR ever being fully and equally applied.

.@accessnow looks forward to working with DPAs, NGOs, and the EU institutions to protect and advance the GDPR’s rights and principles and work to improve the application and enforcement of the law.