Europe - EC Commission proposal to publish a draft revised EU
Data Protection Directive by the end of 2010 - watch this
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In March 2010, Viviane Reding, the Commissioner responsible for
Justice, Fundamental Rights and Citizenship, delivered a speech at
the European Policy Centre in Brussels stating that she intends to
present a legislative proposal for the reform of the Data
Protection Directive (95/46/EC) (the Directive) by the end of
2010.
In this speech, she announced plans for the development of a
comprehensive and coherent framework for the protection of personal
data. The European Commission is currently analysing over 160
responses to an online consultation on the legal framework for the
fundamental right to the protection of personal data published in
July 2009. The intention is that by modernising the Directive, it
will respond to new technological advances and challenges of the
information age, such as globalisation, development of
