Privacy directive on track.(European Commission's Data Protection Directive)(Brief Article)

Security Management, August, 2003

The European Commission's Data Protection Directive has met many of its objectives, including removing most legal obstacles to the free movement of data that existed as a result of differences in various countries' data protection legislation, according to a new report on the directive's effectiveness.

But long delays in getting the directive implemented--and the fact that eight years after it was created, France has yet to bring its data protection laws in line with it--"have prevented Europe's economy from getting the full benefit of the Directive," says the report. @ Read more on the European Commission's report by visiting SM Online.