January 27, 2014 – EU justice commissioner Viviane Reding said in a speech this week to a meeting of justice and home affairs ministers in Athens that the draft General Data Protection Regulation will not be agreed during the EU Parliament’s current term. As a result, the Regulation is unlikely to be voted on until after EU Parliament elections in May. Please click here for an update from Ross McKean, partner at Olswang LLP who leads the firm’s data protection practice. Olswang LLP is a member of the Alston & Bird Global Privacy and Security Network.
Written by Bruce Sarkisian, Associate, Privacy & Data Security | Alston & Bird LLP