Health-industry groups such as insurers and hospitals had strongly challenged the rules as costly and restrictive, and the White House had been signaling it might reconsider them. Created under the Clinton administration and approved by Congress in 1996, the new regulations took effect April 14 and allow two years for full compliance. The wide-ranging directive aims to protect data about EU citizens against misuse worldwide. It is backed by the power to cut off data flows to countries that the EU judges not to have adequate data protection rules and enforcement. All rights reserved.
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