Monthly Archives: December 2011

Commission’s Draft Regulation on Data Protection – Inspiration from Germany?

Christina Motejl | Published: December 14, 2011
After a first read through of the leaked Commission proposal for a new data protection regulation (Draft Regulation) that was published by statewatch.org (it is not meant to be officially published until the end of January), I remembered a speech by Viviane Reding’s Chief of Cabinet who said that the Commissioner for Justice was very [...]
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UK cookie compliance: updated guidance and a “must do better” report

Claire Walker | Published: December 13, 2011
The ICO has today  published its promised “half term report” on organisations’ compliance with the new cookie consent rules, along with updated practical guidance.   On third party cookies, which the ICO acknowledges is “one of the most challenging areas” for compliance, the ICO states that it is still working with industry and other DP regulators to [...]
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Consultation draft of new DP Regulation published?

Claire Walker | Published: December 8, 2011
The Statewatch website has published what appears to be a draft of the Proposal for a Regulation to replace the current Data Protection Directive.  The   draft for the proposal is still at the inter-service consultation stage, i.e. doing the rounds of the different DGs with a potential interest in the proposal.  So, the final draft [...]
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FT gets a sneak preview of the new draft DP Directive

Claire Walker | Published: December 5, 2011
FT readers will have already seen FT’s report (4/12/11) that it  has had a sneak preview of the eagerly awaited  draft Data Protection Directive.  The most headline grabbing issue is the possible introduction of fines of up to 5 % of global turnover for privacy breaches.   If that doesn’t make data protection exciting, nothing will! [...]
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