UK Government opposed to the Commission’s Data Protection Regulation
12 November 2012
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At a meeting of the Council of Ministers at the end of last month, the UK Government joined the Governments of Denmark, Slovenia, Belgium, Hungary and Sweden in opposing the Commission’s Data Protection Regulation; instead these countries want a new Data Protection Directive. Only Bulgaria, Germany, Spain, Netherlands, Luxembourg, France, Italy, Greece and Ireland expressed support for the concept of a Data Protection Regulation. Sensing that the Regulation might be in trouble, the European Commissioner proposing the Regulation (Ms. Reding)
