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Viviane Reding (born 27 April 1951 in Esch-sur-Alzette) is a Luxembourg politician, currently serving as European Commissioner for Information Society and Media. Before starting a professional career as a journalist for the leading newspaper in Luxembourg, the Luxemburger Wort, she obtained a doctorate in human sciences at the Sorbonne. From... Full Article
DAVOS, SWITZERLAND - JANUARY 25: Liz Mohn, DLD Chairman Hubert Burda and EU Commissioner Viviane Reding attend the Burda DLD Nightcap 2011 at the Steigenberger Belvedere hotel on January 25, 2012 in Davos, Switzerland. DLD (Digital - Life - Design) is a global conference network on...
View Photo »EU commissioner Justice, Fundamental Rights and Citizenship Viviane Reding gives a press conference as the Commission proposed a comprehensive reform of EU data protection rules on January 25, 2012 at the EU Headquarters in Brussels. The European Commission launches a controversial bid...
View Photo »MUNICH, GERMANY - JANUARY 22: (L-R) DLD chairman Hubert Burda; EU Commissioner Viviane Reding and Christian Ude, Mayor of Munich attend the Chairmen & Speaker Dinner during the DLD Conference 2012 at the Jewish Community Centre on January 22, 2012 in Munich, Germany.
View Photo »MUNICH, GERMANY - JANUARY 22: Horst Seehofer, Chairman of the Christian Social Union (CSU) and EU Commissioner Viviane Reding attend the Chairmen & Speaker Dinner during the DLD Conference 2012 at the Jewish Community Centre on January 22, 2012 in Munich, Germany.
View Photo »MUNICH, GERMANY - JANUARY 22: EU Commissioner Viviane Reding speaks during the Digital Life Design conference (DLD) at HVB Forum on January 22, 2012 in Munich, Germany. DLD (Digital - Life - Design) is a global conference network on innovation, digital, science and culture which...
View Photo »MUNICH, GERMANY - JANUARY 22: (L-R) EU Commissioner Viviane Reding, DLD chairman Hubert Burda and Bavarian Deputy Prime Minister Martin Zeil attend the Digital Life Design conference (DLD) at HVB Forum on January 22, 2012 in Munich, Germany. DLD (Digital - Life - Design) is a global...
View Photo »WASHINGTON, DC - NOVEMBER 21: Attorney General Eric Holder (L), U.S. Department of Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano (L), and EU Principal Vice-President Commissioner for Justice, Viviane Reding, participate in a U.S.-EU Justice and Home Affairs Ministerial meeting at the...
View Photo »EU Vice-president and commissioner for justice, fundamental rights and citizenship Viviane Reding (R) chats with Austrian Finance Minister Maria Fekter (L) during a meeting on November 17, 2011 at the Austrian parliament in Vienna.
View Photo »European Justice Commissioner Viviane Reding (L) and German Chancellor Angela Merkel pose for a family photo with members of the European Commission at the end of a meeting at the commission headquarters in Brussels October 5, 2011.
View Photo »(L-R) European Justice Commissioner Viviane Reding, German Chancellor Angela Merkel and European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso pose for a family photo with members of the European Commission at the end of a meeting at the commission headquarters in Brussels October 5, 2011.
View Photo »German Chancellor Angela Merkel, center, and European Commission President Jose-Manuel Barroso, look at European Commissioner for Justice, Fundamental Rights and Citizenship Viviane Reding, left, during a group photo at the European Commission headquarters in Brussels, Wednesday, Oct....
View Photo »European Commissioner for Justice, Fundamental Rights and Citizenship Viviane Reding addresses the media at the European Commission headquarters in Brussels, Wednesday, Jan. 25, 2012. Companies doing business in Europe would have one set of data protection rules for all 27 EU countries...
View Photo »European Justice Commissioner Viviane Reding arrives to attend a seminar of the European Commission in Tervuren near Brussels August 31, 2011.
View Photo »BRUSSELS, BELGIUM - JANUARY 17: Queen Paola of Belgium, Prince Guillome of Luxembourg, Princess Mathilde of Belgium and Vice President of the European Commission Viviane Reding talk during a Gala concert at Palais des Beaux-Arts on January 17, 2012 in Brussels, Belgium.
View Photo »European Justice Commissioner Viviane Reding delivers a speech during a debate on the revised Hungarian constitution at the European Parliament in Strasbourg June 8, 2011.
View Photo »EU justice, fundamental rights and citizenship commissioner Viviane Reding (L) speaks with African Union (AU) Commission Chairman Jean Ping on June 1, 2011 before the start of the European Commission-African Union Commission college to discuss cooperation between the European Union and African...
View Photo »EU commissioner Justice, Fundamental Rights and Citizenship Viviane Reding (R) and Hungarian Minister of State for Social Inclusion Zoltan Balogh (L) address a joint press conference on a proposed framework for the integration of Roma minorities on May 23, 2011 at the EU Headquarters in...
View Photo »EU justice, fundamental rights and citizenship commissioner Viviane Reding (R) and Hungarian Social Inclusion Minister Zoltan Balogh (L) give a press conference on a proposed framework for the intergration of Roma minorities on May 23, 2011 at EU headquarters in Brussels.
View Photo »EU justice commissioner Viviane Reding (L) welcomes EU employment and social affairs commissioner Laszlo Andor on May 19, 2011 before the start of an Employment and Social Affairs Council meeting at EU headquarters in Brussels to discuss the plight of the continent's Roma communities.
View Photo »EU commissioner Justice, Fundamental Rights and Citizenship Viviane Reding (L) talks to UK campaigner for Victimes Rights Maggie Hughes after her press conference on May 18, 2011 on a set of proposals that will ensure a better protection of crime victims at the EU Headquarters in...
View Photo »US Attorney General Eric Holder (R) listens to EU justice commissioner Viviane Reding (C) as EU commissioner for Home Affairs Cecilia Malmstroem (L) looks on prior to a joint meeting of the representatives of EU and US for justice and home affairs, in the Grasssalkovich Royal Palace in...
View Photo »US Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano, left, US Attorney General Eric Holder, right, and European Union Principal Vice President and Commissioner for Justice, Fundamental Rights and Citizenship Viviane Reding, center, check chocolate Easter eggs they were presented with by...
View Photo »EU justice commissioner Viviane Reding (R) speaks with EU commissioner for Home Affairs Cecilia Malmstroem (L) prior to a joint meeting of the representatives of EU and US for justice and home affairs, in the Grasssalkovich Royal Palace in Godollo on April 14, 2011. EU and US justice...
View Photo »Vice-President for Justice, Fundamental Rights and Citizenship, European Commission Viviane Reding (R) smiles with EU Commissioner for Employment, Social Affairs and Inclusion Laszlo Andor at the Ethnography Museum of Budapest on April 8, 2011 during the 2nd day of a five-day meeting of...
View Photo »European Commission Vice-President for Justice, Fundamental Rights and Citizenship, Viviane Reding delivers a speech in the Ethnography Museum of Budapest on April 8, 2011 during the 2nd day of a five-day meeting of the European Roma Platform as the European Commission reports on the situation...
View Photo »DAVOS, SWITZERLAND - JANUARY 25: Liz Mohn, DLD Chairman Hubert Burda and EU Commissioner Viviane Reding attend the Burda DLD Nightcap 2011 at the Steigenberger Belvedere hotel on January 25, 2012 in Davos, Switzerland. DLD (Digital - Life - Design) is a global conference network on...
View Photo »I plan to strengthen the powers of data protection authorities so that they can all use administrative sanctions whenever there is a breach
It does not seem logical to say that data held by a European company is adequately protected while it is inside the borders of the European Union, but not when it is transferred to a different part of that same company in Asia or South America, even if safeguards are put in place
I think I am persuaded that while bringing member states out of their debt crises, we have to do everything we can to help our companies grow
Individuals should be well informed about privacy policies and their consent needs to be specific and given explicitly
I call on service providersespecially social media sitesto be more transparent about how they operate. Users must know what data is collected and further processed (and) for what purposes ... Consumers in Europe should see their data strongly protected, regardless of the EU country they live in and rega...
I call on service providersespecially social media sitesto be more transparent about how they operate. Users must know what data is collected and further processed (and) for what purposes ... Consumers in Europe should see their data strongly protected, regardless of the EU country they live in and rega...
The authorities responsible for data protection must be provided with sufficient powers to enforce the law and they must have sufficient resources to exercise their powers
At the moment, companies that operate in several member states must comply with different laws and different decisions taken by data protection authorities in 27 member states
All social network service providers active in the EU must fully comply with EU data protection laws
They need ... to have a ‘one-stop-shop’ when it comes to data protection matters, one law and one single data protection authority
I call on service providers, especially social media sites, to be more transparent about how they operate. Users must know what data is collected and further processed (and) for what purposes
