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U.S. privacy ‘ombudsman’ idea floated in EU-U.S. data pact talks

Posted on January 22, 2016 by pogowasright.org

Julia Fioretti reports:

The United States has proposed creating an “ombudsman” to deal with EU citizens’ complaints about U.S. surveillance as part of talks to clinch a new EU-U.S. data transfer pact, four people familiar with the talks said.

Washington and Brussels are racing against the clock to seal a deal on protecting Europeans’ data transferred across the Atlantic after an EU court quashed the previous agreement, Safe Harbour, on privacy concerns, leaving thousands of businesses in legal limbo.

Read more on Reuters.

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