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Reding wants to 'build on existing rules' when ensuring privacy online (Photo: consilium.europa.eu)

EU backs down on 'right to be forgotten' online

After intense lobbying by online companies from Europe and the US, the European Commission has softened its stance on the 'right to be forgotten' in preparation of an overhaul of the bloc's data privacy rules due early next year.

"We need a framework for privacy that protects consumers and encourages the digital economy to grow," EU justice and fundamental rights commissioner Viviane Reding said Monday (29 November) at en event organised by the American Chamber of Commerce in Brussels.<...

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Reding wants to 'build on existing rules' when ensuring privacy online (Photo: consilium.europa.eu)

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