Ron Burgundy Posted December 21, 2015 Share Posted December 21, 2015 By Julia Fioretti BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Implementing the biggest shake-up to Europe's fragmented data protection laws in two decades may fail to provide companies with the consistency and simplicity that had been promised across the 28-nation bloc. A patchwork of privacy laws in the European Union, dating back to 1995 when the internet was in its infancy, was criticised for lacking teeth and being interpreted differently across the EU. To tackle those failings, the EU last week agreed a sweeping overhaul of data protection rules which would introduce a single rule book, fines of up to 4 percent of a company's global turnover and simpler system of enforcement. View the full article Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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