EUROPA - PRESS RELEASES - Press release - Progress on EU data protection reform now irreversible following European Parliament vote

The European Parliament today cemented the strong support previously given at committee level to the European Commission's data protection reform (MEMO/13/923 and MEMO/14/60) by voting in plenary with 621 votes in favour, 10 against and 22 abstentions for the Regulation and 371 votes in favour, 276 against and 30 abstentions for the Directive). The reports of MEPs Jan-Philipp Albrecht and Dimitrios Droutsas, on which members of the European Parliament voted, are a strong endorsement of the Commission's data protection reform and an important signal of progress in the legislative procedure. The data protection reform will ensure more effective control of people over their personal data, and make it easier for businesses to operate and innovate in the EU's Single Market. (...)