----- Forwarded message from Whois-WG @ AtLarge ----- Proposal for a *DIRECTIVE OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL on the protection of individuals with regard to the processing of personal data by competent authorities for the purposes of prevention, investigation, detection or prosecution of criminal offences or the execution of criminal penalties, and the free movement of such data* http://ec.europa.eu/justice/data-protection/document/review2012/com_2012_10_... * * Proposal for a *REGULATION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL* *on the protection of individuals with regard to the processing of personal data and on* *the free movement of such data (General Data Protection Regulation)* http://ec.europa.eu/justice/data-protection/document/review2012/com_2012_11_... * * The EU has finally issued its proposed legislative package for reform of EU data protection laws and regulations. This is important to digest since much of the arguments concerning privacy and WHOIS data usage resonates here and impinges on the global internet user and the At-Large remit in ICANN. http://ec.europa.eu/justice/newsroom/data-protection/news/120125_en.htm ----- End of forwarded message -----