Strasbourg, 26/06/2006 (Agence Europe) - The European Ombudsman, Nikiforos Diamandouros, welcomed the European Commission's decision to revise interpretation of the directive on data protection. This decision follows an investigation by a German citizen who made a complaint about the State of Hamburg to the Commission. He alleged that the public authorities had illegally transmitted personal data to enterprises, knowing full well that the data would be used for marketing purposes. The...