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EU May Not Unify Its Data Protection Rules After All

Posted by Soulskill on from the that-sounds-super-helpful dept.

jfruh writes: One of the EU's selling points is that it provides a single regulatory apparatus for the entire European market — but this isn't the case for everything. Data protection laws, for instance, provide a confusing thicket of different regulations across the continent, and now, much to the frustration of large American Internet companies, it seems that a plan to consolidate these rules under a single EU agency are coming apart. In other EU news, reader Presto Vivace points out that German Chancellor Angel Merkel has spoken out against net neutrality. She said, "An innovation-friendly internet means that there is a guaranteed reliability for special services. These can only develop when predictable quality standards are available."

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  1. Thanks Momma Merkel! by Rhywden · · Score: 4, Informative

    Let's not forget this statement of Momma Merkel comes from the same woman who stated that the "Internet is virgin territory" merely a year ago.

    She simply does not understand internet issues and thus promptly falls back on an industry-friendly position.

  2. Re:Understandable given the nature of the EU by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Informative

    Wall Street's and the City's financial mobsters are exactly those who would like more EU, idiot. If you still haven't realized it yet, any regulation coming from Bruxelles has been designed by them. Just to make an example, a recent online public consultation on the TTIP has been discarded "because there were too many people against the treaty". Pure modern fascism:
    http://in.reuters.com/article/...

    That's why eurosceptic europeans are now the majority. There's not going to be any "united states of europe", ever. And those who supported this delirious idea, in future will be considered just like nazis are today. Live with it, or fu*k off.