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"The whole European directive which sits behind data protection law is up for review over the next year or so, so there could be some more fundamental changes," he said.
Information Commissioner Christopher Graham said: "Senior managers can't hide behind data protection".
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Data protection legislation is not about protecting data; its about protecting people.
The idea behind the proposed new general data protection regulation (GDPR) is to extend controls to foreign companies that process the personal data of EU citizens.
The European data protection activists behind the Europe v Facebook (evf) campaign group, that has long been a thorn in Facebook's side in Europe, have filed new complaints under regional data protection law targeting Facebook, Apple, Microsoft, Skype and Yahoo for their alleged collaboration with the NSA's Prism data collection program.
Back in July, for instance, the existence of the agreement was used by the Irish Office of the Data Protection Commissioner to deflect a challenge to the data collection practices of several U.S. companies' (including Apple and Facebook) by the European data protection activists behind the Europe v Facebook campaign group.
The Irish Office of the Data Protection Commissioner (ODPC) has responded to two of the complaints filed last month by the European data protection activists behind the Europe v Facebook (evf) campaign group against several U.S. technology companies for alleged collaboration with the NSA's Prism data collection program.
There is likely to be added pressure on Europe to soften its data protection standards at present — as part of behind-closed-doors negotiations on a proposed free trade agreement, the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP).
A vital closing contribution came from the French data watchdog's Isabelle Falque-Pierrotin, who summed up discussions that had taken place behind closed doors as the community of global data protection commissioners met to plot next steps.
Data is aggregated at the site of the submitter, i.e. behind their own firewall and under their responsibility for data protection.
What's very clear is that the concept of data protection needs to evolve to avoid trailing way, way behind the blistering pace of information technology evolution.
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