The European Parliament today adopted a legislative agreement on the reform of the EU's data protection rules, finalising the new law. After the vote Green MEP and European Parliament draftsperson/rapporteur on the data protection regulation Jan Philipp Albrecht stated:
...The new rules will give users back the right to decide on their own private data. Businesses that have accessed users' data for a specific purpose would generally not be allowed to transfer the data without the user being asked. Users will have to give clear consent for their data to be used. Crucially, firms contravening these rules will face fines of up to 4% of revenue, which could imply billions of Euro for the major global online corporations. ...
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Thursday, 14 April, 2016 - 12:09
Friday, 8 April, 2016 - 12:12
Thanks to the incredible work of the EU institution's translators and lawyer lunguists the final vote on the data protection package will happen Thursday 14 April 2016 in the European Parliament! The council will have his final vote 8 April. On Tuesday 12 April the LIBE committee will vote on it.
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Monday, 4 April, 2016 - 09:33
On 6 April 2015 the European Parliament will host the public conference "The Reform of the e-privacy Directive: How to get it right?". This conference is organised by Greens/EFA MEPs Jan Philipp Albrecht, Max Andersson, Eva Joly and Judith Sargentini.
Wednesday, 16 December, 2015 - 16:07
Green MEP and European Parliament draftsperson/rapporteur on the data protection regulation Jan Philipp Albrecht stated: announced that negotiators from the European Parliament and Council reached an agreement on the long-open reform of the EU's data protection rules. The agreement must now be confirmed by the representatives of EU governments before the end of the year.
