EU governments on Monday backed sweeping changes to the bloc’s data protection laws, saying there should be one set of rules for all 28 member states.<br /><br />The move came at a meeting of EU interior ministers in Luxembourg as how Internet giants such as Google and Facebook continues to come under intense scrutiny from European lawmakers.<br /><br />Under the plans, companies would only to deal with data protection regulators in the country where they have their main EU base.<br /><br />They also formally include a right to be forgotten, which would give consumers the ability to have old information about them removed from search engine results.<br /><br />“The data protection regulation will establish a single set of rules on data protection, valid across the EU – so no more fragmentation of the rules per member state,” said Věra Jourová, the EU justice commissioner.<br /><br />Some changes might still be made to the draft legislation, however.<br /><br />According to EU rules, the 28 member states will now negotiate over the text with mem
