EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT PLENARY / (ae) jha

Data - European Parliament approves entire reform of European rules

Brussels, 14/04/2016 (Agence Europe) - In Strasbourg on Thursday 14 April, the members of the EP definitively approved (without a vote) new European rules on the protection of personal data, specifically the general regulation on the protection of data and the directive on the treatment of personal data by police and judicial authorities.

The committee on civil liberties approved these on 12 April (see EUROPE 11529). The EP's work took four years, the European Commission having presented...