19-03-2014

Data Protection Regulation – EU Parliament Latest Resolution

By Ariane Mole, Francis Aldhouse

    On 12th March 2014, the European Parliament voted overwhelmingly in favour of new data protection laws.  The formal First Reading vote confirms the text of the draft Regulation approved by Parliament's LIBE Committee in October 2013.

    This is, however, far from the end of the journey to new EU data protection law: the Council of Ministers has yet to finish its review of the Regulation, which must then be agreed with the Parliament.

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