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EU-USA: euobserver - EU bank data move ignored legal advice

01 July 2009

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EU bank data move ignored legal advice (euobserver, link)

Letter to Commissioner Barrot (French, pdf).
See also: EU wants to share more bank details with the US authorities (EDRI, link)

Background:

- Current agreement: EU-USA "SWIFT" agreement - documentation
- EU-US data sharing causes uproar in Germany (euactiv, link)
- EU agrees US demands to re-write data protection agreement (pdf)

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