European Parliament
President.
Question No 30 by Bill Newton Dunn 
Subject: Theft of personal data
Is the Commission willing to propose a directive which would require any organisation in the Union, private or public, to notify by e-mail or by letter every private individual whose personal data (such as name, social security number, driving licence number, bank or credit card numbers) may have fallen into the wrong hands?
Such a law took effect in California in July 2003, and it is reported that a US senator is introducing a federal bill modelled on the Californian law.

