e.u. has recognised that data is private and personal and belongs to the individual so as of today every e.u. citizen can demand that companies like facebook google or amazon tell us what kind of personal data they hold on us what they do with it and have it corrected or even deleted. whether you use the internet to search for information connect with friends or simply to do your shopping going online means sharing personal information but in many cases it's unclear exactly what happens to that data. who has access to it what can companies do with it. the new e.u. legislation aims to address some of these issues. under the new rules companies will only be allowed to collect data relevant to their services so weather app for example won't be allowed to access your address book of photographs the new regulations also afford individuals the right to launch a complaint with the supervisory authority in their own country instead of potentially having to challenge a foreign company abroad those violating data protection rules will face harsher fines instead of the maximum three hundred thousand eu

-day for anyone in the business of data collection the e.u. general data protection regulation has been welcomed by privacy activists. digital users anyone on facebook or shopping online will have better tools to enforce their rights they can find out what companies know about them and apply to have mistakes rectified they can force companies to delete their data or stop them from processing their data and building a profile in the first place. what will change for users to begin with users will be better informed they must actively choose how they want their personal data to be processed and saved and they can withdraw consent at any time. they also be able to download their data. or have it to lease it all together. who does it affect. anyone who processes personal data that includes information like names addresses or gender. but it's not just big corporations such as google amazon and facebook that are interested in such details . private advertisers and small organizations are to. this musician's association in berlin for instance will be

ah the general data protection regulation put simply a new set of e.u. rules on data now the likes of facebook google or amazon will have to tell us what possible danger of ours they hold and we could even have it deleted they could face millions in fines if they don't but what about small firms butchers bakers and bookshops all they are also required to follow the new regulation but without the same resources of multibillion dollar empires of the hefty tome of g.d.p. rule book is hard to understand. a stuffed of paper. of the new e.u. data rules have chamber of crafts president stumped because it's from the heart of course it's heavy stuff is an admission a very euro vote tells us to keep cool the flood of information is more confusing than helpful the law wasn't really aimed at trades people. for brussels to create here that applies equally to social media giants as it does to small workshops and it's two hundred fifty six pages thick that's one page for every working day of the year it takes you all your time just to work out what they're after our mem

of the new e.u. data rules have chamber of crafts president stumped as this one part of course is heavy stuff and e.u. commission a very euro vote tells us to keep cool the flood of information is more confusing than helpful the law wasn't really aimed at trades people. for brussels to create here that applies equally to social media giants as it does to small workshops and it's two hundred fifty six pages thick that's one page for every working day of the year and it takes you all your time just to work out what they're after our members are completely overwhelmed. i rose because it was. the law was passed some time ago and in theory trades people have had two years to work out if they needed data protection manager but there are special cases such as the chambers president himself he's a professional chimneysweep with only four employees he thought he'd be exempt from the new regulations but as an official district chimneysweep he's classed as a kind of local authority. they told us the data protection

are too high and recently wilbur ross the trade secretary also said that he thinks that the new e.u. data protection rules might be a barrier for trade all this has been put on the table by the american administration in statements recently all right cannot business answered thank you so much. as the e.u. takes germany to court over too much air pollution public confidence and the once left diesel cars goes up in smoke now has become the first german city to bad older diesel vehicles from two highly polluted roads the city hopes the ban will help you to get a handle on soaring levels of nitric oxide a harmful pollutant found in diesel. and standing by for us on one of those roads that banned diesel is a no do my lounge an l. you've been there since this morning how's this going. well monica i can't tell you if the air is any cleaner yet but it's only been a few hours so who knows but earlier city officials talked to press and residents to give them information about this band and i can tell you that quite a few angry residents showed up there saying that this is a policy for the sake of p

our deadline e.u. data regulators are expected to be sympathetic for now but after extra time comes penalties paul brennan al-jazeera berlin the world's oldest deepest and largest lake is under threat from invasive weed lake baikal in eastern russia holds one fifth of all the world's fresh water scientists say the weeds of causes so much of the lake floor plant and some animals have disappeared calling for better treatment plans to improve the water quality. still ahead and al-jazeera in sports one man is planning to make history with a six mile swim that is going to have all the details. from. getting to the heart of the matter if. the supreme leader calls you today and says let's have talks would you accept facing realities what do you think reunification would look like there are two people think the peace for unification is the only option for prosperity you. hear their story on talk to al-jazeera. she said seven million in this case. each one is still a. bad one to be seen. to be. demonstrably . it is.

our deadline e.u. data regulators are expected to be sympathetic for now but after extra time comes penalties paul brennan al-jazeera berlin elite calendar is a legal officer with privacy as national she says the regulation puts transparency at the forefront for companies and organizations. what we've seen is more and more data is generated in our everyday life is that companies are amassing more data and they're using it in ways that people wouldn't expect their it's blighting their data and what you p.r. is doing is placing limits on this and. with these e-mails you can already see that the law is having an impact that companies even if they're scrambling at the last minute to do something about it are realizing that actually they need to look at closely at what they do with people's data and and really sought out and not just a dating their privacy policies because they feel like it because they're actually obliged to be more transparent about what they do with people's data and to provide more informati

are so we ask you to make a legal and moral commitment if you can pull the e.u. data protection law to think about your privacy to protect the privacy of you can use theirs and the many millions of european citizens and non facebook users as well and this is a moral and legal obligation and implementation and i really ask you to think about this because you've come here not to congress but to the european union and we have expectations thank you. last question. for the general picture of english and the other for. thank you very much mr president and thank you mrs arkell burke for being with us here tonight and keep it as short as possible to also allow for all the questions to be answered because i really think there have been many very important questions to be answered so three precise question first i work come a lot that facebook is applying the principles of the g.d.p. are in future globally and it's global business. i think that is a very important step i had i hope that it is complying with the g.d.p. are globally because i could pose the question if you as a

our deadline e.u. data regulators are expected to be sympathetic for now but after extra time comes penalties paul brennan al-jazeera berlin voting is underway in islands on whether to relax some of the strictures abortion laws in europe the referendum on whether voters want to repeal an article in the constitution known as the amendment of the law gives unborn fetuses the same rights to life as the mother effectively banning them from terminating a pregnancy well current irish legislation only allows abortions when the woman's life is at risk otherwise they could be jailed for up to fourteen years and if voters choose to repeal the amendments the irish government has vowed to introduce legislation allowing abortion within the first twelve weeks of pregnancy and the island has some of the most restrictive abortion laws in europe and the much by poland which allows terminations in some cases where it is completely banned. so it's joined. in the irish couple of dublin and neva this is a huge point of debate i

yeah can i trust she she said that they need to implement it because of the new e.u. data privacy rules for europe that are coming going like my. fifth of march that's plain b.s. to say it like that it's just it's just a cover up because they didn't say the beginning they're only saying it right now because the protests and attention there's a lot of attention going to the law changes and. i mean they like i want to agree with. learned that there is nothing to repair germany right now on the date the public. report for the criminal statistics for the whole republic of germany out and we have the lowest crime rates for twenty five years so there's no real need for police to need for more tools. so there is concern online should define about particular communities and what this will mean for them. or they'll hear on twitter says i think that refugees will be the ones who are mostly a fact that a lot of people are afraid of terrorism and criminality which is allegedly emanating from these groups but also people who are consuming drugs but the area is quite conservative and do

our deadline e.u. data regulators are expected to be sympathetic for now but after extra time comes penalties paul brennan al-jazeera berlin indonesia is introducing tough new anti-terrorism laws sweeping changes will pass by parliament on friday following a series of recent suicide bomb attacks the reports from jakarta. with a much anticipated bang of the gavel. a new anti-terrorism law was approved by the indonesian parliament on friday changes to existing laws were initially proposed two years ago a series of recent suicide bomb attacks renewed focus earlier this month more than twenty people were killed at churches in a main police station in surabaya indonesia's second largest city two families including children carried out the attacks i saw claimed responsibility supporters of the new law say it gives more tools to the government and law enforcement to prevent attacks. it also says if someone is charged with an offense when children are involved the penalty will be increased by a third. our old law i

are too high and recently wilbur ross the trade secretary also said that he thinks that the new e.u. data protection rules might be a barrier for trade all this has been put on the table by the american. administration in statements recently and i kind of was incensed that thank you so much. all right could there be a queue of when it comes to fighting in bhola that's what experts are hoping for monika the world health organization is waiting for congo to give the green light for more medications in the hope that it will combat the spread of the deadly a bowl of virus these drugs though they are unlicensed meaning that they have not gone through the full trials some have only been tested on animals health workers are already using an experimental vaccine to protect people in a remote part of congo where this most recent outbreak started and they say that they are optimistic. high hopes at this hospital and to kowtow after experimental treatment anabelle the patient is going home with me. at first i had a fever and headaches. and stopped eating i was weak. finally i received the treatment

of the new e.u. data rules have doris chamber of cross president stumped because it's from the heart of course it's heavy stuff from the commission a very robust tells us to keep cool the flood of information is more confusing than helpful the law wasn't really aimed at trades people. for brussels to create here that applies equally to social media giants as it does to small workshops and it's two hundred fifty six pages thick that's one page for every working day of the year and it takes you all your time just to work out what they're after our members are completely overwhelmed. hydros forward because it was. the law was passed some time ago and in theory trades people have had two years to work out if they needed data protection monitor but there are special cases such as the chambers president himself he's a professional chimneysweep with only four employees he thought he'd be exempt from the new regulations but as an official district chimneysweep he's classed as a kind of local authority. they told

our deadline e.u. data regulators are expected to be sympathetic for now but after extra time comes penalties paul brennan al-jazeera berlin. there's more in everything we're covering right here the address you can see it there al-jazeera dot com. quick look at headlines now u.s. president donald trump says it's possible a plan summit with north korea could still go ahead on thursday trump canceled the june twelfth meeting in singapore with kim jong un citing anger and hostility from north korea the state department said had failed to reply to u.s. requests to help the summit help plan the summit responded by saying it remains willing to sit down for talks to result the nuclear issue and trump is now saying that the door is still open. we're going to see what happens we're talking to them that. there was a very very very big that put out we'll see what happens right. now we'll see what happens if that indeed while we're talking to them now they very much want to do it we'd like to do it we're going to see w

our deadline e.u. data regulators are expected to be sympathetic for now but after extra time comes penalties paul brennan al-jazeera berlin probably more on the web right there al jazeera dot com is the address lots of comment in that this is to. elicit a recap of the headlines here on al-jazeera and donald trump says it is possible that a planned summit with north korea could still go on thursday trump canceled the june twelfth meeting in singapore with kim jong un citing anger and hostility from the north the state department said pyongyang had failed to reply to u.s. requests to help. young responded by saying it remains willing to sit down for talks to resolve the nuclear issue and chart now says the door is still open. well then see what happens we're talking to them now. there was a very nice statement that put out we'll see what happens. now we'll see what happens but it would be that while we're talking to them now they very much want to do it we'd like to do we're going to see what happens the scr

e.u. recognizes that data is private and personal and belongs to the individual so as of now every e.u. citizen can demand companies like facebook google or amazon tell them what kind of data they hold on them what they do with it and have it corrected or even deleted otherwise companies face stiff fines which could run to over a billion euros per violation. to states or france and gulf by a nationwide civil service strike they were protesting government plans to slash one hundred twenty thousand public service jobs by twenty twenty french economic reform is being driven by president manuel. he's also pushing for eurozone reforms and is facing some stiff resistance there as well. kenya has banned plastic bags. jokey mercury works as an environmental inspector on the streets of nairobi she has to make sure nobody is using them anymore. what is happening. even though because there is a lot that. last week two months ago she found a pile of plastic bags in this meat market ten butchers were arrested as a result. they came here once a month we were. out today they are good friends of ours no

our deadline e.u. data regulators are expected to be sympathetic for now but after extra time comes penalties paul brennan al-jazeera berlin. calland is a legal officer with privacy as national she joins us now live from london before we talk about the nitty gritty of what this really means for everybody this talk about what one of the big bug bears here make it stop please people not just in europe but all around the world being inundated with e-mails from companies pleading with us to accept you terms and conditions so that we can quote stay in touch britain's information commissioner says that all companies don't need to do that what's going on here. i don't say that's a good question and i think it's important to kind of take that step back and remember why i did it because important and every now around the world has the right to privacy and the right to data protection and what we've seen as more and more data is generated in our every day life is that companies are amassing more data and they're usin

our deadline e.u. data regulators are expected to be sympathetic for now but after extra time comes penalties paul brennan al-jazeera berlin well earlier i spoke to max sram who's who's the chairman of the nonprofit organization none of your business he's taking a number of big tech firms like facebook to court under the new data protection laws and he says the general data protection regulation does not do enough for consumers one interview with t.p.r. is that it allows you to consent to data usage but it only allows you to send things in a very limited way so the purchase of these complaints is actually to tell companies you're allowed to use most of the data you said you know you did for an hour something like that. without consent without actually asking for that but if you do anything in addition like personalized advertisement if you start on date or something like that yeah actually now to have our consent that is not public with the app or with certain rights common people now really have to have th

e.u. neuros on data protection are entering into force in only three days as from now i'd like to raise two questions to you mr zuckerberg firstly the scandal involving facebook and cambridge analytical is more than anything else an issue of ethics and values you said in your intervention in the hearing with the us congress you repeated it here tonight that facebook is responsible for the content on the platform once facebook. request other companies to delete users' data does facebook follow up to check compliance by these companies and how will you ensure that they this is really down and secondly i am convinced that you use citizens would like to know which specific measures that will be taken by facebook to ensure that just scandal like this one cambridge analytic i will not to cure again you have shared your views in spirit on a on greater responsibility on what happens on the platform but mr can but can you guarantee to the millions of users many of them use it isn't that the company will take all the necessary steps to ensure that civil rights and liberties according to your standard

our deadline e.u. data regulators are expected to be sympathetic for now but after extra time comes penalties paul brennan al-jazeera berlin the world's oldest deepest and largest lake is under threat from an invasive algate lake by a call in eastern russia holds one fifth of all the world's fresh water scientists say our goal we have coated so much of the lake bottom the plant and animal species have disappeared they're calling for better treatment plants to improve the water quality. still ahead an al-jazeera sports one man's planning to make history with a six months when i have all the details. peter. thank you very much fran the group's coach has declared cristiana rinaldo is poised for another starring role in a european champions league football final the nadine's a den says he's portuguese playmaker is fit for the showdown with liverpool on saturday rinaldo injured an ankle earlier this month in a two all draw against spanish giants barcelona you can join any league group of ten players to win five

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e.u. use data privacy shake up comes into effect may twenty first it's designed to protect personal information and power years or and control large scale businesses that gather data.

our deadline e.u. data regulators are expected to be sympathetic for now but after extra time comes penalties paul brennan al-jazeera berlin. and robertson with us now visiting professor of cyber security at the university of warwick joining us via skype from coventry nice to see you again ian. paul brennan pointed out in his report that companies have had two years to get themselves in order for this was that long enough to for everyone to make it happen. i think that's probably a reasonable timescale i mean we the university of aren't here have taken actions to to ensure that any additional data that we're keeping for research purposes is now covered by the g.d.p. our point in appropriate data controllers but we were already looking after student data in appropriate fashion we feel for a long time before then so really we were tidying up and making sure that we were to come right absolutely everything and i really feel that many companies will be in doing that in the first place and shouldn't have left it

data protection rules that come into effect this week. n re's aideo, the irish produced to exple basics. >> so from may 25th, the new e.u. general data protection reguretion puts more onsibility on organizations who use our data and gives us grter control over how it' used. >> reporter: i've got an email here from facebook security saying that i need to accept it easier for you to controlat your privacy and security settings in one place and we want to explain mo c about how weate a personalized experience for you. >> they must tell us clearly a in straightforward terms how they will use and protect our data. only personal data that is needed to provide us with a service should be collected and it should not be used or shared for other related purposes. >> reporte have been in the making for several years, long before theri cae analytica scandal was exposed. among the protections: lscompanies must provide tn their platforms to let consumers opt-out. they must also clearly disclose data breaches to end users within 72 hours of learning about it. and allow ers the ability to keep a copy of their own private data. companies

has recognised that personal data is fry that's and belongs to the individuals so as of today every e.u. citizen can demand that companies like facebook google or amazon tell us what kind of personal data they hold on us what they do with it and have it corrected or even deleted whether you use the internet to search for information connect with friends or simply to do your shopping going online means sharing personal information but in many cases it's unclear exactly what happens to that data who has access to it what can companies do with it the new e.u. legislation aims to address some of these issues. under the new rules companies will only be allowed to collect data relevant to their services so whether out for example won't be allowed to access your address book of photographs. the new regulations also afford individuals the right to launch a complaint with a supervisory authority in their own country instead of potentially having to challenge a foreign company abroad those violating data protection rules will face harsher fines instead of the maximum three hundred thousand euros

data. who has access to it what can companies do with it. the new e.u. legislation aims to address some of these issues. under the new rules companies will only be allowed to collect data relevant to their services so whether up for example won't be allowed to access your address book of photographs the new regulations also afford individuals the right to launch a complaint with a supervisory authority in their own country instead of potentially having to challenge a foreign company abroad. those violating data protection rules will face harsher fines instead of the maximum three hundred thousand euros in germany companies will face up to twenty million euros in penalties or four percent of the new will turn over whichever is bigger for facebook but to be one point three billion euros. the new regulation requires companies on web site operators to pay closer attention to what they do with their users information. and remaining legal anomalies are likely to be settled in the courts in the coming years. consumer watchdogs have welcomed the new rules and say

data. who has access to it what can companies do with it. the new e.u. legislation aims to address some of these issues. under the new rules companies will only be allowed to collect data relevant to their services so whether up for example won't be allowed to access your address book of photographs the new regulations also afford individuals the right to launch a complaint with a supervisory authority in their own country instead of potentially having to challenge a foreign company abroad. those violating data protection rules will face harsher fines instead of the maximum three hundred thousand euros in germany companies will face up to twenty million euros in penalties or four percent of the new will turnover whichever is bigger for facebook but to be one point three billion euros. the new regulation requires companies and website operators to pay closer attention to what they do with their users information. and remaining legal anomalies are likely to be settled in the courts in the coming years. consumer watchdogs have welcomed the new rules and say

e.u. puts a new sweeping data protection law so a lot of pressing questions on the part of e.u. lawmakers. in brussels thank you well to appear in front of lawmakers in the next ninety minutes or so and when that happens we'll bring it to you live here on d w let's move now to some of the other stories making news around the world sixteen people have been killed and dozens injured in a car bombing in afghanistan a minivan packed with explosives detonated while security services try to diffuse it although the area around the van had been cleared to when it exploded the death toll is expected to rise as rescue workers search the rubble no group has claimed responsibility. a court in germany has rejected a move by prosecutors to rearrest the catalan separatist leader carlos proved more german prosecutors argue that new evidence from spain show catalan leader was provoking violence butanol has been in germany since he was arrested on an international arrest warrant two months ago. the palestinian foreign minister has referred israel to the international criminal court following rece