[Rt4-whois] FWD: EU Data Protection - Legislative Agenda ...

[Lutz Donnerhacke]

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Proposal for a *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*

http://ec.europa.eu/justice/data-protection/document/review2012/com_2012_10_en.pdf

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Proposal for a *REGULATION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL* *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)*

http://ec.europa.eu/justice/data-protection/document/review2012/com_2012_11_en.pdf

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The EU has finally issued its proposed legislative package for reform of EU
data protection laws and regulations.

This is important to digest since much of the arguments concerning privacy
and WHOIS data usage resonates here and impinges on the global internet
user and the At-Large remit in ICANN.

http://ec.europa.eu/justice/newsroom/data-protection/news/120125_en.htm

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