The Obama administration last week released the Consumer Privacy Bill of Rights to provide safeguards to consumer data held by organisations. The announcement came on the heels of the European Commission's draft data protection directive, revealed in January. According to an op-ed in the The Irish Times, "The U.S. proposals somewhat unfairly now have the feel of a response rather than international leadership. But, in the U.S. context, the proposals are definitely groundbreaking and, if implemented, would give U.S. citizens some of the data protections Europeans already have." The author writes that while implementation and enforcement will make or break both proposals, "it's refreshing to see privacy and data protection high on the agenda."
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