The Council of Ministers of the European Union approved a draft directive to that effect in June.

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The directive goes into effect upon publication Friday in the U.S. Federal Register.

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In Europe, where the flagship Data Protection Directive came into effect in 1995, before firms such as Google and Facebook were even founded, the European Commission is conducting a review of its privacy policies.

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The directive does not take effect until 1999.

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That directive has certainly had an effect, with a number of mammals that previously seemed destined to disappear from Europe now enjoying something of a revival.

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Finally, such a shocking and provocative directive will most certainly have the effect of imbuing the organization with the sense of urgency it needs to get the job done.

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The UK is pushing businesses to be ready for this, reports BBC News, as a new EU privacy directive is supposed to be going into effect come May 25.

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"SLC wishes to announce that in view of a directive issued by the ICC to the effect that no games should be played at any of the World Cup venues, SLC is compelled to make the above changes, " the board said in a statement.

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EU's savings directive, designed to squash tax evasion by individuals within Europe, took effect in 2005 after a decade of wrangling, but has proved something of a flop.

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The Federal Aviation Administration's Airworthiness Directive for Boeing's 787-8 was posted online Thursday and goes into effect upon publication Friday in the Federal Register.

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