vera jourova, i apologise, we are out of time. thank you forjoining us on bbc business live.in across europe giving citizens power over their own personal data — and threatening huge fines for firms that abuse it. a quick look at how markets are faring... here in europe they are in positive territory, just a fraction in the green. facebook‘s boss zuckerberg has been grilled by the eu parliament over the data scandal. and rating agency standard & poor‘s is set to leave south africa's sovereign debt rating unchanged, having downgraded it to junk last november. with us is africa business editor larry madowo. many thanks for joining many thanks forjoining us. let's begin with the story of the day, data protection. we mentioned mark zuckerberg appearing before eu lawmakers in brussels. breaches of data privacy and data protection law area big data privacy and data protection law are a big issue in africa? yes, and it is interesting that zuckerberg chose to appear in brussels as opposed to in the uk. i don't think of any african regulators summoned him to sure he would, he would pr