22nd October 2013 EU Parliament has mandate to start negotiations with EU governmentsA vote in the LIBE committee yesterday (21 October 2013), has paved the way for a major overhaul of the current data protection rules in the EU. This will be discussed further at the EU Council of Ministers meeting at end of this week (24/25 October 2013). Jan Phillipp Albrecht, the Rapporteur, stated - "Parliament now has a clear mandate to start negotiations with EU governments. The ball is now in the court of member state governments to agree a position and start negotiations, so we can respond to citizens' interests and deliver an urgently-needed update of EU data protection rules without delay. EU leaders should give a clear signal to this end at this week's summit". | 
