EurActiv reports that the European Commission is prepared to ignore attempts to delay implementation of the proposed data protection regulation. Instead, the commission plans to push toward implementing the regulation by spring of 2014, despite conclusions adopted at the summit last week suggesting the regulation be introduced by 2015. Financial Times reports the vote’s delay until at least next year, should that come to pass, is an “important victory” for U.S. tech giants who will need the time to bolster their case for a watered-down version of the reforms while the heated climate surrounding U.S. surveillance revelations cools down.
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