EU data law proposal uses language—word-for-word—from US, EU corporations

This is pretty scary. The EU is one of the last bastions of data protection on the Internet, but extensive lobbying from EU and American companies on the committees reviewing these data protection laws threaten to severely dampen our ability to control our data online. An enlightening read.

EU data law proposal uses language—word-for-word—from US, EU corporations http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2013/02/eu-data-law-proposal-uses-language-word-for-word-from-us-eu-corporations/