The massive tapping of data by security agencies in the US, with collaboration by Europe, has been raising questions. Are European Union interior ministers responsible? And how can data be better protected in the future?
The council of EU interior ministers, the European Commission and the European Parliament have been conferring on new data protection regulations for more than a year and a half. On one side, data protection advocates like EU commissioner Peter Hustinx have been pushing for as many citizen rights as possible. On the other side are those like British Justice Minister Chris Grayling, who warn against too many limitations for Internet companies in Europe.
The new legislative package is intended to replace regulations from 1995 - a time when the Internet was in its stone age.
Read more: Europe lacking response to data tapping | Europe | DW.DE | 19.07.2013
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