Proposal for Data Protection Reform in the European Union

At the time of this writing, each of the 27 Member States of the European Union (EU) implement data protection rules in their own unique way; however, a recent proposition by the European Commission (E.C.) could soon change implementation rules of data protection in the EU. On March 15, 2012, the E.C. proposed a comprehensive reform to the 1995 EU Data Protection Rules that included a plan to do away with divergent investigation and enforcement practices.