EU Council approves reform to break down barriers for free movement of data
The regulation should make it easier to switch cloud providers or recover data from them

The European Council defines the EU's overall political direction and priorities, setting the Union’s policy agenda
The European Council, a body formed of the heads of state or government for the 28 member states, has approved a reform to the way that movement of data is treated in the European Union. The reform aims...
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