An open source tool has been launched to identify the influence US lobbyists have had on the EU Data Protection Regulation. […]
“There were a lot of rumours about Washington-style, very intense and sophisticated lobbying in Brussels on the EU Data Protection Regulation,” Schrems told Wired.co.uk. “Many MEPs I have talked to have said that they have never seen such intense lobbying before — now it becomes obvious that it has worked quite well, if a number of MEPs are not only doing what the US industry wants, but even copying things word-by-word.” […]
http://www.wired.co.uk/news/archive/2013-02/14/lobbyplag-eu-plagiarises-us-lobbyists