The European Banking Federation (EBF) stages today, jointly with cabinet DN, and with the support of Eurofinas, a seminar on data protection to discuss the implications of the proposed EU data protection reform for financial services providers.

Hosted by Thomson Reuters in Brussels at 4.00pm, the two-hour seminar comes in the week when the European Commission declares its annual 'Data Protection Day' in support of citizens’ right to privacy.

The EPP Group Roma Working Group held an open session today to commemorate the victims of the Roma Holocaust. EPP Group MEPs Lívia Járóka and Augustín Díaz de Mera highlighted the need to draw the conclusions of 20th century adversities and the initiative to recognise 2 August as an official European Day of Remembrance for Victims of the Roma Holocaust.

29 January 2013, Brussels – ETNO and the GSMA call on the European Parliament and Council to work towards the timely adoption of the EU Data Protection Regulation and to ensure that the final text reaches the proper balance between protecting consumers and driving economic growth.

On the occasion of European Data Protection Day, the GSMA and ETNO held a joint