Recently leaked, the LIBE Committee draft report on surveillance activities signals a dim future for the international free flow of data in the eyes of the European Parliament. The report despairs of the recent revelations by whistle-blowers about the extent of U.S. mass surveillance activities, causing the trust between the EU and the United States
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Vote on Draft General Data Protection Regulation due Mid-October
This post was written by Cynthia O’Donoghue.
The landslide of proposed amendments and the recent debates over the PRISM scandal have pushed back the Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs Committee (LIBE) vote on the proposed General Data Protection Regulation (Regulation). The vote, initially planned for May 2013, has already been postponed twice (see…
The first European Parliament vote on the new data protection regime will be delayed
This post was written by Cynthia O’Donoghue.
The date of the first binding vote by the Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs Committee (LIBE) on the proposed General Data Protection Regulation (Regulation), which was initially planned for April-May 2013, has been postponed a second time. During the meeting on May 6, LIBE decided…
The Legal Affairs Committee adopted the fourth and final non-binding opinion on the proposed new Data Protection Regulation
This post was written by Cynthia O’Donoghue.
On 19 March 2013, by 14 votes to 6, the European Parliament’s Legal Affairs Committee (JURI) adopted an opinion on the proposed General Data Protection Regulation (Regulation). It is the fourth and the final committee to adopt a non-binding opinion before the Civil Liberties Committee (LIBE) is…
CNIL satisfied with draft European Parliament report on the new Data Protection Regulation
This post was written by Daniel Kadar.
The French Data Protection Authority (DPA), the CNIL, has expressed its satisfaction on the draft report (the “draft Report”) released by the European Parliament on the new European Data Protection Regulation (the “Regulation”).
One of the major points of concern for the CNIL was that the draft…
The UK Information Commissioner details the timeline of the EU data protection reforms
By Cynthia O’Donoghue on
The UK Information Commissioner’s Office (“ICO”) has published an explanation of the process and timeline of the proposed EU data protection reform and its involvement in the on-going negotiations.
According to the ICO, the proposed EU data protection reforms could “be one of the biggest changes to data protection that the (UK) has ever seen.”…
The European Parliament Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs warns on the approach to fighting cybercrime and its relationship to cloud computing
By Cynthia O’Donoghue on
The use of cloud computing services is growing at an unprecedented rate, and brings with it concerns over the security of personal data stored on cloud servers. A recent study by the European Parliament’s Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs (“LIBE”) argues that the main issue arising from the growing use of cloud…
Viviane Reding Addresses the Progress of the Proposed Data Protection Framework Reform
This post was written by Cynthia O’Donoghue.
In a speech at the EC Justice Council meeting in Dublin 18 January 2013, Vivian Reding, European Commissioner for Justice, Fundamental Rights and Citizenship, demonstrated her commitment to continuing the “good progress” made on the EU Proposed Data Protection Framework (Proposed Framework). Her comments focused on three…
European Parliament Publishes Study Suggesting Improvements to the European Commission’s Proposed Data-Protection Package
This post was written by Cynthia O’Donoghue.
The European Parliament has published a study aimed at providing advice on priority measures to ensure that the Proposed Data Protection Regulation, presented by the European Commission (EC) earlier this year, is more comprehensive in relation to data protection and more protective of consumers’ privacy rights.
The…