A LEGAL battle is brewing between the government and tourism bosses in Spain over the much-hated ‘Big Brother Law’.
The legislation is set to come into force on December 2 and will force hotels, holiday apartments and car rental companies to collect a mountain of information from tourists.
This will include their names, ages, email addresses, credit card details, departure dates and other data – with fines of €30,000 for businesses that fail to comply.
The legislation is part of a plan by the Ministry of the Interior (basically Spain’s Home Office) – headed up by Fernando Marlaska – to tighten up security among visitors to the country.
But industry leaders have repeatedly fought back against the law, saying it will put off tourists and seems ‘useless’ as they can ‘easily put in fake information and addresses’.
They claim it will add a mountain of work for hotel and other …