Good, but not good enough, according to Hustinx, who proposes to amendments:
* Drop the references to journalistic, artistic and litterary purposes by referring only to the general freedom of expression. In todays media landscape every citizen can act as a public watchdog through a blog, he argues.
* Make sure that the freedom of expression and the protection of personal data is reconciled without any of them being impaired. This can be safeguarded by sticking to the wording of the present data directive. Here it it says that the rules should be derogated if only if necessary to reconcile both rights. In the proposed regulation the wording is weaker.