Exemptions in the Irish draft of the Data Protection Regulation promotes disharmony and permits Member States to order PRISM type disclosures Just published on Hawktalk: http://amberhawk.typepad.com/amberhawk/ I have just realised the Irish revisions to the text of the European Commission's Data Protection Regulation anticipates Member States enacting legislation that requires data processors to disclose personal data, for any exemption specified in the Regulation, without the knowledge or consent of the data controller and, if needed, contrary to any instructions given by the data controller. If interested, follow the text C ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ All archives of messages are stored permanently and are available to the world wide web community at large at http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/data-protection.html If you wish to leave this list please send the command leave data-protection to [log in to unmask] All user commands can be found at http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/help/commandref.htm Any queries about sending or receiving messages please send to the list owner [log in to unmask] Full help Desk - please email [log in to unmask] describing your needs To receive these emails in HTML format send the command: SET data-protection HTML to [log in to unmask] (all commands go to [log in to unmask] not the list please) ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^