EU close to new data deal with US
June 10, 2010 EU Interior Affairs Commissioner Cecilia Malmstrom said Thursday
such an agreement would provide more and better privacy protection
than a previous one. She also predicted that the deal would be
reached this month.
The European Parliament had rejected that earlier agreement,
telling Malmstrom to get a better one.
The EU assembly must OK the new deal that stems from a secret
program that was launched after the Sept. 11, 2001, terror attacks.
It gave U.S. authorities access to European financial data but
skirted Europe's strict privacy rules.
