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EU: EU-USA SWIFT (TFTP): MEPs decry 'breach of trust' in EU-US data deal

01 March 2011

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EU: EU-USA SWIFT (TFTP): MEPs decry 'breach of trust' in EU-US data deal (euobserver, link):

"With the EU's police agency Europol rubberstamping bank data requests from the US and following 'oral orders' from American investigators, MEPs have warned they may block future data transfer deals with the US. "After reluctantly having given our consent to this agreement, we feel betrayed in reading this report, since it's also about the credibility of the European Parliament and the EU itself," German Liberal MEP Alexander Alvaro said during a parliamentary hearing on Wednesday (16 March)."

See EP Press Release: SWIFT implementation report: MEPs raise serious data protection concerns (pdf) and: Note circulated to Civil Liberties Committee (LIBE) from Europol Joint Supervisory Body: JSB Note (pdf) And: Europol released report (pdf) The full report has been classified as "TOP SECRET" by Europol itself so the complete story is not public plus Statewatch: European Commission and Europol refuse to supply data on the implementation of the EU-US TFPT (SWIFT) agreement as it is "Top Secret"

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