An article from the Open Rights Group considers how the government's plan to reform data protection is viewed in the European Union. Progress for the Data Protection and Digital Information Bill has slowed recently due to the political turmoil of the summer, but it has not gone away. Indeed, during a visit to London in early November, Members of the Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs (LIBE) of the European Parliament expressed their feelings of dissatisfaction over the way UK officials treated them. The ORG points out, however, that while the European Commission has been silent up to now over the UK's data protection reform plans, they have been caught out twice before in relation to legal challenges surrounding EU-US adequacy determinations in the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU). Therefore, it is possible the EU will be more predisposed to limit the potential for legal challenges involving the UK. Suffice it to say, Ministers' attempts to provide reassurance are unlikely to make any difference.
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