Commission acts on a deficient UK Data Protection Act – at last
The European Commission will no doubt expect plaudits for its request to the UK Government to change the Data Protection Act so that it meets the standard established by the Directive 95/46/EC. In practice, the Commission should answer questions as to why it has taken over seven years to reach a conclusion which has been obvious to data protection experts from the time of the Durant decision back in December 2003. Since that time, the Commission has stood on the




