Data protection laws make finding candidates for local elections more difficult

New data protection laws are making it difficult to find candidates for May's local elections because of the extra work involved.

Data protection laws make finding candidates for local elections more difficult
Tue, 08 Jan, 2019 - 17:35
Anne Lucey

New data protection laws are making it difficult to find candidates for May's local elections because of the extra work involved.

Guidelines on the Data Protection Act 2018 and for general data regulation issues for elected representatives were issued before Christmas by the Office of the Data Protection Commission.

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