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After a nearly four-year legislative process a political consensus has been achieved in December 2015 on the new EU General Data Protection Regulation between the European Parliament and the Council of the EU. Important improvements: strengthening data subjects' rights, right to be forgotten, right to data portability, simpler access to information, and a data breach notification. Data protection authorities will be strengthened. Violations of data protection law can be punished with high administrative fees. The General Data Protection Regulation shall enter into force in 2018.