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Survey: EU data protection enforcers not prepared

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A survey by Reuters news agency found that the vast majority of European data protection authorities, tasked to enforce the general data protection regulation as of the end of May, are not prepared. Seventeen of the 24 authorities who responded to the survey said they either lack the necessary funding or initial powers to give the pan-EU privacy rules teeth.

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