NSA’s surveillance a ‘trade barrier’ for EU companies

Paul Nemitz, Director of the European Commission's justice department, considered during a conference on data protection that US National Security Agency's mass surveillance was a trade barrier for European Internet companies trying to provide services in the United States.

The conference was held in Paris on 8 December 2014.

• Primary Source

ESO: Background information: National intelligence authorities and surveillance in the EU: Fundamental rights safeguards and remedies http://www.europeansources.info/record/national-intelligence-authorities-and-surveillance-in-the-eu-fundamental-rights-safeguards-and-remedies/

ESO: Background information: TTIP: the question of data protection http://www.europeansources.info/record/ttip-the-question-of-data-protection/

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