Top EU Officials Calls Privacy Reform "Europe's Big Opportunity"
Giovanni Buttarelli, the European Data Protection Supervisor, has announced "Recommendations on the EU's Options for Data Protection Reform." The Opinion sets out an assessment and recommendation for the new European Union privacy law. EU and US NGOs, including EPIC, have urged the adoption of strong safeguards. In response, the President of the European Commission stated recently that "proposed data protection rules will not drop below the level" of current law.