Leading EU party wants to ditch EU-US data agreement

The European Parliament’s largest political group, the centre-right European People Party (EPP), wants to end the EU-US data exchange agreement known as Safe Harbour.

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ESO: Background information: EU-US: The real transatlantic confidence crisis http://www.europeansources.info/record/eu-us-the-real-transatlantic-confidence-crisis/

ESO: Background information: Hundreds of US companies make false data protection claims http://www.europeansources.info/record/hundreds-of-us-companies-make-false-data-protection-claims/

Spiegel Online International, 29.10.13: Spying Fallout: Conservative Calls for End of Data Pact http://www.spiegel.de/international/world/german-politician-wants-to-end-safe-harbor-agreement-with-us-a-930703.html

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