The conflicts between the Whistleblower Protection Directive and the GDPR – COVID-19, a legal basis to infringe on the rights of the data subject in order to secure the protection of whistleblowers?
Den 7:e oktober 2019 publicerade Europarådet ett pressmeddelande, ”Better protection of whistle-blowers: new EU-wide rules to kick in in 2021”. I pressmeddelandet framgick det att ett nytt direktiv, Visselblåsardirektivet, skulle komma att förbättra skyddet för visselblåsare. Samtidigt arbetade företag och myndigheter fortfarande hårt för att anpassa sig till den relativt nya dataskyddsförordningeOn the 7th of October 2019, the Council of Europe published a press release, “Better protection of whistle-blowers: new EU-wide rules to kick in in 2021”. In the press release, the Council of Europe stated that a new directive, the Whistleblower Protection Directive, would increase protection of whistle-blowers. At the same time, companies and authorities were still struggling with the complicated
