[Chapter-delegates] European data protection law proposals revealed

[Rudi Vansnick]

European data protection law proposals revealed

By Zack Whittaker | December 7, 2011, 4:02pm PST

Summary: An updated draft of Europe’s upcoming data protection laws, set to be unveiled in January, can be revealed for the first time.

Draft legislation, which will pave the way for the new European Data Protection Directive, is set to be announced in January.

After two years of researching the reach and breadth of the USA PATRIOT Act, particularly how the U.S. government can access European data, the draft legislation will include measures to counteract how U.S. law enforcement acquires data from Europe covertly.

Gordon Frazer, managing director of Microsoft UK, told ZDNet nearly six months ago that “no company” could guarantee that European data will not leave Europe under any circumstances, even under a request by the Patriot Act.

Frazer’s admission validated over a year’s worth of research.

The European Parliament was furious at Frazer’s admission. This outrage led to members of the European Parliament (MEPs) to ask questions of the European Commission, Europe’s executive body, in a concerned bid to clarify the current data protection laws.

Viviane Reding, vice-president of the European Commission for Justice, Fundamental Rights and Citizenship, announced last month that  the Commission would seek to update the data protection laws. Little detail was given besides a proposed date, where the law would be unveiled in January 2012.

In an exclusive, ZDNet can now reveal that the current European Data Protection Directive (95/46/EC) will be repealed, and the draft legislation once ratified will replace current data protection laws across the 27 member states.


Read full article at http://www.zdnet.com/blog/london/european-data-protection-law-proposals-revealed/1365




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