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EU: European Data Protection Supervisor (EDPS): EDPS applauds strengthening of the right to data protection in Europe, but still regrets the lack of comprehensiveness

01 March 2012

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EU: European Data Protection Supervisor (EDPS): EDPS applauds strengthening of the right to data protection in Europe, but still regrets the lack of comprehensiveness (Press release, pdf) and Full-text of Opinion (pdf). See also: EDPS webpage on review (link)

On the review of the general 1995 Data Protection Directive: "the EDPS has concerns as regards, among other things: the possibilities for restricting basic principles and rights; the possible derogation for transferring data to third countries; the excessive powers granted to the Commission in the mechanism designed to ensure consistency among supervisory authorities; the new ground for exceptions to the purpose limitation principle."

On the proposed Directive on data protection for the exchange of data by law enforcement agencies the EDPS concludes: "in many aspects the Proposal does not meet the requirement of a consistent and high level of data protection". Peter Hustinx, EDPS, says: "The proposed rules for data protection in the law enforcement area are unacceptably weak. In many instances there is no justification whatsoever for departing from the rules provided in the proposed Regulation. The law enforcement area requires some specific rules, but not a general lowering of the level of data protection."

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