Sentences with phrase «meps on data protection»

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Furthermore, when ruling on the second condition of Article 8 Regulation 45/2001 whereby EU institutions have a duty to verify that data subjects» legitimate interests may not be harmed by the transfer, the Court found that the personal data at issue fell into the public sphere of MEPs and as such required a lesser degree of protection.

Recently, journalists from all EU member states raised, for the first time ever, a joint voice before the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) against the refusal of the European Parliament (EP) to give access, on grounds of personal data protection, to information on how MEPs spend their allowances.

Indeed, despite being EU members, Britain has been the subject of criticism within the EU for being seen as a «soft touch» on data protection, particularly following Edward Snowden's revelations on how the UK government allowed its intelligence agency, GCHQ, to monitor private communications («MEPs tighten up draft data privacy rules after Snowden revelations», http://www.theguardian.com 22 October 2013).