NON-EXECS FACE TOUGH CALLS ON POLICE DATA RELEASE DEMANDS
June 1st, 2016
Non-executive board members will may be well advised to acquaint themselves with new European Union (EU) legislation that may force their companies to yield up data if law enforcement authorities think it may help prevent crime.
New legislation has been passed by the EU amidst continuing debate over the issue of mandatory ‘backdoors’ access to encrypted data – highlighted by the USA Federal Bureau of Investigation’s (FBI) request for information from Apple over the San Bernardino shootings.
There new laws underpin these rights for law enforcers:
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