EU lawmakers sat down for their first meeting yesterday (24 June) to work out details on the EU’s data protection reform. Facing bumps ahead, negotiators said they were still committed to wrapping up the legislation package this year. […]

Parliament, the Commission and the Council have signalled in recent weeks that compromise isn’t far away. But divisive issues still need to be ironed out, such as the processing of personal data for reasons other than what users agree to and sanctions against companies that break rules. […]

Member states’ objections could pose a threat to the negotiations on the data protection regulation. The European Council’s draft proposal going into trialogue talks has already drawn criticism for leaving too many details up to member states’ discretion. […]

http://www.euractiv.com/sections/infosociety/data-protection-talks-start-ahead-digital-focus-eu-summit-315719