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EU-USA AGREEMENT ON DATA PROTECTION & EXCHANGE OF PERSONAL DATA: European Parliament working documents and more

01 October 2010

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EU-USA AGREEMENT ON DATA PROTECTION & EXCHANGE OF PERSONAL DATA: European Parliament: Working document no 1 (pdf) and Working document no 2 (pdf): Public Hearing: Data Protection in a transatlantic perspective, 25 October 2010 (link)

Background: Commission mandate: a) Explanatory Memorandum and proposed Recommendation (COM 252-10): Proposal for a Council Recommendation to authorise the opening of negotiations for an agreement between the European Union and the United States of America on protection of personal data when transferred and processed for the purpose of preventing, investigating, detecting or prosecuting criminal offences, including terrorism, in the framework of police cooperation and judicial cooperation in criminal matters (pdf)
b) Mandate: Negotiating Directives (pdf)

And see: Reports by the High Level Contact Group (HLCG) on information sharing and privacy and personal data protection (EU doc no: 15851/09, pdf) with EU-US High Level Contact Group on data protection and data sharing (HLCG) (EU doc no: 14574/09, pdf)

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