Opinion of the European Data Protection Supervisor

12^th March 2012

On 7th March the European Data Protection Supervisor (EDPS), Peter Hustinx criticised the draft law announced by the Commission on 25th January to reform the European rules governing data protection. In his opinion "we are still far from a coherent set of data protection rules both on a national and European level in all EU policy areas." In his opinion he explains that the reform does not apply to the EU's institutions and bodies. Moreover there are too many possible exemptions in the reform with regard to the transfer of data to third countries. The EDPS also expresses his reticence about the excessive power enjoyed by the Commission notably in terms of the management and harmonisation of the various national supervisory authorities.

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