10/05/2010 (Agence Europe) - European Data Protection Supervisor Peter Hustinx has recently called on the European Commission to remain ambitious in updating European data protection rules. “The stakes are not more and not less than how to ensure privacy and data protection in a highly developed Information Society of 2015, 2020 or beyond,” Hustinx said at the European Privacy and Data Protection Commissioners' Conference in Prague. “An ambitious approach is the only way in which we can ensure that our privacy and personal data are well protected, also in the future. It is essential that the Commission comes up with proposals that take into account what is really needed and does not settle for less than ambitious results,” he said. The Commission is due to propose the review of the 1995 European directive on data protection. (B.C./transl.rt)