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European Union: Massive spying on our citizens, companies and leaders is unacceptable
http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2013/11/27/european-union-massive-spying-on-our-citizens-companies-and-leaders-is-unacceptable/
European Union: Massive spying on our citizens, companies and leaders is unacceptable
By Agence France-Presse
Wednesday, November 27, 2013 14:11 EST
The EU on Wednesday laid down steps Washington must take to restore trust after a huge spying scandal, including giving EU citizens the right to US legal redress to protect personal data.
“Massive spying on our citizens, companies and leaders is unacceptable,” EU Justice Commissioner Viviane Reding said, adding there was “now a window of opportunity to rebuild trust which we expect our American partners to use.”
An umbrella agreement being negotiated on EU-US data protection “has to give European citizens concrete and enforceable rights, notably the right to judicial redress in the US whenever their personal data are being processed in the US,” Reding said in a statement.
A key concern in Europe — where memories of surveillance by fascist and communist dictatorships remain alive — is the pressure Washington exerts on giant US companies to hand over personal data, including of EU citizens, on national security grounds.