Data ‘Safe Harbour’ under threat as US castigates EU Parliament over Snowden

The 'Safe Harbour' agreement allowing ease of data transfers by US and EU companies should be scrapped pending a more rigorous data umbrella agreement between the two in the wake of the NSA scandal, a parliamentary report is set recommend on January 2014.

British MEP Claude Moraes, its author, was speaking at a joint press conference with a US delegation led by Mike Rogers, the chairman of the US House of Representatives’ permanent select committee on intelligence, which drew fierce criticism from the US lawmaker for the decision by the Parliament to call testimony from Edward Snowden.

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ESO: Background information: European Commission calls on the U.S. to restore trust in EU-U.S. data flows http://www.europeansources.info/record/press-release-european-commission-calls-on-the-u-s-to-restore-trust-in-eu-u-s-data-flows/

ESO: Background information: British MEPs fail to stop Snowden video http://www.europeansources.info/record/british-meps-fail-to-stop-snowden-video/

EUObserver, 18.12.13: EU angst on US snooping is helping China to steal secrets, congressman says http://euobserver.com/justice/122524

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