Brussels, 20/02/2013 (Agence Europe) - On Wednesday afternoon 20 February, the industry, research and energy committee at the European Parliament (ITRE) adopted its opinion on reforming personal data protection rules (33 votes in favour, 4 against). This opinion reflected rather closely the concerns expressed by industry, particularly SMEs, which were afraid of being financially overwhelmed by some of the provisions. It was also quite close to the European Commission's initial proposals of...