European Commission referred a proposal concerning customs enforcement of intellectual property rights to the European Data Protection Supervisor (EDPS) A statement signed by EDPS Assistant Supervisor Giovanni Buttarelli strongly condemned plans to set up a central database that would hold personal information related to allegations of copyright infringement. As yet there is no legal standing for such a database, which the EDPS described as “very worrying” The EDPS wants to see a provision in the proposal limiting the retention period of personal data. Suspected infringers should also be told which authorities are holding their personal data and why.”]