Netherlands home affairs minister Raymond Knops told CNBC that lawmakers want to ensure that personal information of Europeans is protected by big tech firms.
"What you can see is that Europe is self-confident about how we deal with our data and the data of our citizens," Knops said. Last year, the, giving individuals sweeping new powers in controlling their data, including the right to demand companies tell them how that information is used.
"What we want is to protect this data of civilians, not be used too easily by private companies. Especially, when there was no consent from these people to deal with this data," Knops added.this week urged Europe to take control of its data from U.S. tech giants.
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