Gdpr Expert Axel Voss Says The Coronavirus Has Already Made European Data Protection Laws Obsolete

Tech giants including Google have been fined huge sums under GDPR laws. Stephanie Keith/Getty Images One of the creators of Europe's GDPR laws told the Financial Times the laws needed "surgery." German MEP Alexander Voss said laws had to keep up with tech advances and a rise in remote working. However, another founder, Dutch MEP Sophie in't Veld, disagreed, saying the laws had "flexibility." Visit the Business section of Insider for more stories. German Member of the European Parliament and one of the founding fathers of Europe's General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) Axel Voss told the Financial Times the legislation needed "surgery."The data protection laws have been in force for less than three years and were first introduced in May 2018.Voss's comments came ahead of a parliamentary session that will vote on defining the laws as a "gold standard for the world."Spanish MEP Pilar del Castillo told Business Insider España in February that Europe's GDPR laws could be used as an "international blueprint" and were now also being adopted in countries outside Europe.European data agencies reportedly issued $193 million in fines for GDPR violations in 2020 with tech giants including Twitter and Google being forced to hand over huge sums.However, Voss highlighted that the tech industry had moved on since 2018 and so laws had to change in accordance."We have to be aware that GDPR is not made for blockchain, facial or voice recognition, text and data mining ...