http://dx.doi.org/10.17176/20160622-161620 https://staging.verfassungsblog.de/the-eu-general-data-protection-regulation-powerful-tool-for-data-subjects/ The EU General Data Protection Regulation: Powerful Tool for Data Subjects? Peuker, Enrico eng 2016-06-22 electronic resource text/html ddc:342 constitution data protection European Charter of Fundamental Rights European Council European Parliament Verfassungsblog Verfassungsblog--2366-7044 CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 Two months ago, the European Parliament and the Council have enacted the European General Data Protection Regulation as the result of a 4 years running legislative procedure. For a long time, it was uncertain whether the regulation could be passed at all: Not only has there been considerable opposition by EU Member States, but there have also been about 4.000 amendments by Parliament, accompanied by an enormous engagement of lobby groups.