Some of the proposed changes to Europe’s data protection laws would strip citizens of their privacy rights, a coalition of international civil liberties organizations said Thursday.The European Parliament is currently considering proposals from the European Commission for a complete overhaul of the E.U.’s data protection laws. […]
The civil liberties coalition, which includes Access, Bits of Freedom, EDRI, La Quadrature du Net and Privacy International, has set up a website, nakedcitizens.eu, to help concerned citizens contact their representatives in the Parliament. […]
« Without effective privacy protection, our personal lives are laid bare, to be used and abused by business and governments, » said Joe McNamee of European Digital Rights and spokesperson of the coalition. […]
http://www.csoonline.com/article/732420/civil-rights-coalition-says-eu-data-protection-bill-threatens-citizens-rights