BRUSSELS: Google, Facebook and other US technology companies have been given a wake-up call with moves by Europe to impose stricter rules on data protection, but have nothing to fear from them, one of the architects of the legislation said.
The European Parliament's civil liberties committee voted overwhelmingly in favour of a tougher data privacy regime on Monday, including fines of up to 100mil euros (RM435.15mil) for companies that violate the rules, which limit how data is shared with non-EU countries, among other things.
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