Spain is violating the rules with the traveler registry. Brussels has just opened infringement proceedings and gives it two months to fix it

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The European Commission has opened an infringement procedure against Spain over its traveler registration rule. The rule requires hotels, travel agencies, car rental firms, and digital platforms to collect and transmit personal traveler data to a central government database. Brussels says the measure may collect too much data, allow overly broad police access, and retain records for too long under EU data-protection rules. Spain now has two months to respond, and the tourism sector is pushing for the decree to be suspended or changed.

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