European Commission proposes significant reforms of ’95 EU Data Protection Directive

In January, the European Commission proposed significant reforms of the 1995 EU Data Protection Directive.  When these rules were implemented, less than 1% of Europeans used the Internet.  Today, the Internet is a widely-used, powerful tool of commerce.  Massive transfers of data occur between countries, across continents and around the world at the speed of light. Like other EU [...]