National parliaments raise the pressure on data protection

Parliamentary delegations from 16 different EU member states called upon the European Union to rapidly adopt the legislative package on the protection of personal data, following an interparliamentary meeting which took place in Paris in September 2014.

The legislative package - containing one directive and one regulation - was proposed in January 2012 and adopted at first reading in the European Parliament in March 2014, just before the European elections. It includes measures to protect European citizens' data and to restrict its use by businesses and intelligence services. However, no final agreement had yet been reached on a ministerial level.

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ESO: Background information: EU ministers to fall short on data protection bill http://www.europeansources.info/record/eu-ministers-to-fall-short-on-data-protection-bill/

European Commission: RAPID: SPEECH/14/607: Giving European citizens the data protection rules they deserve http://europa.eu/rapid/press-release_SPEECH-14-607_en.pdf

European Commission: DG Justice: Data protection: Protection of personal data http://ec.europa.eu/justice/data-protection/index_en.htm

European Commission: DG Justice: Data Protection: Newsroom: Commission proposes a comprehensive reform of the data protection rules http://ec.europa.eu/justice/newsroom/data-protection/news/120125_en.htm

EurActiv, 31.10.14: Data protection tops the Commission's agenda http://www.euractiv.com/sections/innovation-enterprise/data-protection-tops-commissions-agenda-309674

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