Democracy - Im Rausch der Daten

Summary

Documentary on the reform of the data protection legal framework in the EU that traces policymaking from the first phases of conception to final approval of a bill in the European Parliament in Brussels. Since storing and trading of personal data online is becoming an increasingly big and inscrutable business, the EU tries to impose limits on this acquisitiveness by introducing a new law. The filmmakers accompany five politicians with very different political backgrounds such as the conservative EU commissioner Viviane Reding und the young delegate of the Green party Jan Philipp Albrecht who are all working on the bill. The film shows the controversial debates of the politicians and observes the attempts of lobbyists and data privacy activists to influence the draft.