ANALYSIS: The UK ICO Sees Some Practical Problems With The European Commission’s Proposed Data Protection Reforms, Suggests Possible Solutions
April 23, 2012 in World Data Protection Report
On February 27, 2012, the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO), the data protection regulator in the United Kingdom, published an initial review of the European Commission’s proposed Regulation to reform the EU data protection framework, which was officially published in January 2012 (see analysis at WDPR, February 2012, page 4). The ICO’s document is entitled “Information Commissioner’s Office: initial analysis of the European Commission’s proposals for a revised data protection legislative framework” (Version 1.0, February 27, 2012). This was one of the first official responses to the proposed Regulation, and is a thorough review, despite its title (that is, an “initial analysis”). …