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.”

This post was written by Cynthia O’Donoghue.

Back in January of this year, the European Commission published its proposed framework to replace the Data Protection Directive (95/46/EC). Shortly after, the UK Ministry of Justice (MOJ) issued a Call for Evidence, which sought information on the potential impact of the draft EU Data Protection Regulation