Memo: LIBE Committee vote backs new EU data protection rules

The European Commission's data protection reform proposals on 22 October 2013 were backed by an overwhelming majority in the Committee for Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs (LIBE) of the European Parliament.

• Primary Source

ESO: Background information: EU lawmakers vote stricter data privacy rules http://www.europeansources.info/record/eu-lawmakers-vote-stricter-data-privacy-rules/

European Commission: RAPID: Speech, SPEECH/13/845: An important moment for European democracy http://europa.eu/rapid/press-release_SPEECH-13-845_en.pdf

Le Monde, 29.10.13: Data protection can wait (via PressEurop) http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/news-brief/4279531-data-protection-can-wait

ESO: Background information: Merkel's phone tapped by the US, Germany claims http://www.europeansources.info/record/merkels-phone-tapped-by-the-us-germany-claims/

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