The version prematurely leaked contains a “curious addition” per Politico.eu, a “free flow of data initiative”, which sounds like a watering- down of data protection. EDRi issues this press release in advance of a more detailed assessment. Civil society calls for a true DSM. Transatlantic aspects were addressed at the thirteenth EU-US Information Society Dialogue in Brussels on April 14. DSM is one of the ten priorities in the Commission’s Work Programme for the 12 months ahead. First some agreement on the EU’s data protection regulation is needed, as suggested by Euractiv on 18 March, then the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) could best be addressed.
Meanwhile the Commission asks the public in its dedicated online forum: “Why do we need a connected digital single market?”
