EU TELCOS FACE NEW EUROPEAN DATA PROTECTION LAWS, WITH TEETH
January 1st, 2016
THE EUROPEAN Union (EU) gave the telecoms sector a Christmas present, or a lump of coal, depending on the point of view, this past December 15: two major pieces of data protection legislation. A reform package was agreed in principle by the EU’s two legislators, the EU Council of Ministers and the European Parliament, and the EU executive the European Commission. Formal texts are now being drafted for final votes by MEPs and ministers.
They will comprise two laws: an EU general data protection regulation, which will have to be implemented to the letter across ...
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