Companies thrash out effects of EU privacy reforms

From Berlin to Paris and Brussels, computer developers and company executives are attempting to thrash out the implications of sweeping new data protection rules that will come into force in the EU in May. At day-long workshops with lawyers and regulators, companies including Facebook, SoundCloud and the Financial Times have experimented with solutions for the 88 pages of new rules, which present the biggest challenge yet to the runaway growth of personal data collection. Read full story.