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EU: New challenges - old problems: Commission proposals on revising the 1995 Data Protection Directive

01 October 2010

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EU: New challenges - old problems: Commission proposals on revising the 1995 Data Protection Directive

This is intended to be the first step in revising the 1995 Directive in the light of shortcomings in the implementation of the 1995 Directive and to meet "new challenges" emanating from new technologies (social networking and cloud computing). Following reactions to this Communication there will be an impact assessment and legislative proposals presented in 2011.

"In the very different worlds of the 1990s and 2010s there should be an obligation to inform the data subject each and every time data not obtained from them has been added or disclosed to third parties. Not to do so renders meaningless the right of correction because the data subject has not been told and can have no idea what has happened to their data."

See: Commission Communication: A comprehensive strategy on data protection in the European Union (pdf)

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