EU parliament approves new rules for data protection
New EU data protection rules which aim to give citizens back control of their personal data and create a high, uniform level of data protection across the EU was given their final approval on April 14, 2016. The reform also sets minimum standards on use of data for policing and judicial purposes.
Parliament’s vote ends more than four years of work on a complete overhaul of EU data protection rules. The reform will replace the current data protection directive, dating back to 1995 when the internet was still in its infancy, with a general regulation designed to give citizens more control over their own private information in a digitised world of smartphones, social media, internet banking and global transfers.