The European Union’s privacy regulation might be the most influential data protection law in the world, but it risks losing credibility if enforcement is not harmonized and “privacy by design” is not at the heart of tech innovation.

EU officials, speaking as part of a panel discussion in Brussels on Tuesday to mark the fifth anniversary of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) coming into force, agreed enforcement approaches and information sharing between data protection authorities (DPAs) must improve if the regulation is going to work effectively.

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