EU parliament passes grand data protection law

One of the most heavily lobbied bills in the history of the European Parliament, on data protection, was passed into law on Thursday (14 April).

First proposed four years ago, the reformed EU data protection regulation is designed to meld different legal approaches in EU states into one single rulebook and to give people more control over their personal information.

"The legislation will create an EU-wide data protection regime for the first time, replacing the outdated patchwork ...