The EU data protection regulation hit a setback on Friday (6 December) after justice ministers backed off on a key component.
“The ministers did not want to make hasty decisions,” Lithuanian Justice Minister Juozas Bernatonis told reporters.
But the EU commissioner for justice, Viviane Reding, described it as a disappointing day for data privacy.
Insiders say delay tactics triggered by a number of states means adoption would likely occur near the end of 2014, after European...
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