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EU: NEW DATA PROTECTION PROPOSALS

01 January 2012

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EU: NEW DATA PROTECTION PROPOSALS: European Commission:

- Communication: Safeguarding Privacy in a Connected World A European Data Protection Framework for the 21st Century (pdf)

- General Regulation replacing 1995 Directive: Proposal for a Regulation on the protection of individuals with regard to the processing of personal data and on the free movement of such data (General Data Protection Regulation) (pdf)

- New Directive on the exchange of personal data by law enforcement agencies: Proposal for a Directive on the protection of individuals with regard to the processing of personal data by competent authorities for the purposes of prevention, investigation, detection or prosecution of criminal offences or the execution of criminal penalties, and the free movement of such data (pdf)

- Report on infamous 2008 law enforcement Directive: Report from the Commission: based on Article 29 (2) of the Council Framework Decision of 27 November 2008 on the protection of personal data processed in the framework of police and judicial cooperation in criminal matters (pdf). See: Statewatch: Observatory on data protection in police and judicial matters (2005-2008) and 2011 ongoing

- Impact Assessment for both proposals: Commission Staff Working Paper: Impact Assessment: Accompanying the document Regulation on the protection of individuals with regard to the processing of personal data and on the free movement of such data (General Data Protection Regulation) and Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on the protection of individuals with regard to the processing of personal data by competent authorities for the purposes of prevention, investigation, detection or prosecution of criminal offences or the execution of criminal penalties, and the free movement of such data (pdf)

- Annex to IA for both proposals: Annex (128 pages, pdf)

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