EC Firms Up Plans to Revise Data Privacy Laws
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The European Commission has indicated that it might soon reform its Data Privacy rules in order to stay at par with technology advancements that sometimes threaten the privacy of users.The announcement was made at World Data Privacy Day conference by European Union’s Information Society and Media commissioner Viviane Reding, who called for the modernisation of the European Union’s data privacy rules in the light of recent advancements in web technology.The...
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