The proposals for the data protection reform comprise three components: a Communication on Safeguarding Privacy in a Connected World : a European Data Protection Framework for the 21st century, a Regulation 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) and a Directive 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.
