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Online-giants could be banned from selling data on web-browsing (Photo: Franco Bouly)

Online giants in firing line on EU data privacy law

MEPs are set to come under industry pressure from the likes of Facebook and Google over legislation restricting their right to use and sell personal data collected online.

The report by German Green deputy, Jan-Philip Albrecht, published on Tuesday (9 December) on the EU's data protection regulation, proposes to tighten the rules on an individual's right to delete their data if there is no legitimate reason for a business to retain it.

Albrecht also opposes provisions that would ...

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