The document discusses privacy and data reuse laws in Spain, specifically in the Basque Country. It notes that Spain does not have a freedom of information act. The Basque Country launched an open data initiative in 2009 but faced challenges with data protection laws. The initiative published some geographic, statistical, meteorological, and traffic data but could not publish information on public subsidies due to privacy laws. There are ongoing questions about how to balance privacy with enabling data reuse through anonymization or exceptions to privacy laws.