Further to our news posting last month, we can confirm that the proposal for the review of the EU Directive (95/46/EC) has been delayed until late February/March. There are a number of issues within the draft regulation that require to be resolved and the Commissioner in charge of the review is still undecided on certain points. The draft regulation therefore remains a work in progress at this point in time.
JISC Legal will provide further information once the official draft regulation is available. However, in the meantime, additional information is available from our website:
http://www.jisclegal.ac.uk/ManageContent/ViewDetail/ID/2268/Explicit-Consent-to-be-a-Requirement-in-New-Data-Protection-Law.aspx
http://www.jisclegal.ac.uk/ManageContent/ViewDetail/ID/2222/EU-Data-Protection-Law-Update-on-the-Horizon-09112011.aspx