Wednesday, December 16, 2015

European Union rolls out overhaul of data protection laws

The European Union has agreed its biggest overhaul of privacy laws in the last 20 years.

The deal on new data protection regulation will give consumers more power against large companies who hold their data but the national governments in the EU will continue to be able to decide whether to raise the age limit for social media users from 13 to 16 years old.

Our Europe correspodent Jack Parrock reports.

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