EU May Not Unify Its Data Protection Rules After All

Posted by Soulskill on Saturday December 6, 2014 @02:26AM 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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Thanks Momma Merkel! by Rhywden · 2014-12-06 03:31 · 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.