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The European Union Justice Commissioner Viviane Reding has launched the European Commission’s proposals for the reform of the data protection regime in the EU, with the aim of increasing a person’s...
European Data Protection Supervisor critical of Data Retention Directive
The European Data Protection Supervisor (EDPS) has criticised the Data Retention Directive in an opinion published in relation to the European Commission’s evaluation report on the Directive. The opinion...
Supreme Court rules that police guidelines for indefinite retention of fingerprints and DNA data is unlawful – GC and C v Commissioner of Police for the Metropolis, Supreme Court
The Supreme Court has ruled that, following a 2008 European Convention of Human Rights decision, the current guidelines of the Association of Chief Police Officers regarding data retention are unlawful...
More control of data for Internet users
As part of its attempts to strengthen data protection laws, the European Commission has recommended a revamp of privacy law in the EU to allow Internet users the ability to delete private data from the...
Clegg wants to reduce amount of retention of digital communications
Nick Clegg, the Deputy Prime Minister, has signalled a further change in direction concerning the way the new Government interacts with its citizens. He wants to reduce the amount of digital data held...