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When Will the New European Data Laws Come In?

By Jonathan Armstrong
April 02, 2015

One of the most frequent questions that we have at the moment is about the timetable for Europe's changes to data protection laws. Needless to say, there is no definite answer. However, the path forward may recently have become just a little clearer.

The History Behind the Proposals

The EU first brought in data protection laws in 1995. Many European countries had had their own data protection laws before that time, but the 1995 Directive was an attempt to add an element of harmonization to those laws across Europe and to set minimum standards for personal data protection which would apply across the EU. Since this was a Directive (as opposed to an EU Regulation) law-making and enforcement was left to each individual EU country.

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