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EU leaders to push for privacy protection
What has happened?
European Union leaders will on Thursday press tech giants to protect personal data in the wake of the scandal over information harvested from Facebook, draft summit conclusions said.
Move comes amid the Facebook row
- The Brussels summit is tackling the row over the misuse of Facebook data by British firm Cambridge Analytica, which played a role in U.S. President Donald Trump’s election campaign.
- The leaders will further discuss the issue at a summit in the Bulgarian capital Sofia in May, it added.
