Germany v Britain tussle over new EU data privacy rules

On the back of PRISM and the US surveillance scandal, the Germans are pushing hard to get the toughest possible outcome in the new EU data privacy rules that are currently making their way through the European Parliament. As Monica Horten, policy analyst and writer of Iptegrity.com argues, that positioning puts them directly in conflict with the Brits, who take a more pro-industry stance and really don’t want the new law at all – at least, not in its current format.