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Article: Spanish Data Protection Agency Position On Whistleblowing.
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- Mondaq Business Briefing
- Article date:
- July 26, 2007
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By Alexander Benalal and Ana Maria Rodriguez
The Spanish Data Protection Agency (hereinafter SDPA) has just published its position regarding the implementation of whistleblowing schemes in companies. Although the paper released is the response to a specific consultation made by a pharmaceutical company (identification undisclosed) for its particular case and not a formal guideline, it reflects the SDPA position regarding the implementation of whistleblowing schemes in multinational companies and therefore should be taken as a reference.
Basically, the aforementioned opinion states that:
Reporting schemes are lawful provided that the processings ...