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EU home affairs chief secretly worked with US to undermine new privacy laws, campaigners claim

on September 28, 2014

The allegations are based on an email from early 2012, in which U.S. commerce officials say EU Home Affairs Commissioner Cecilia Malmström was concerned about new European data protection proposals and kept them updated about timing and other details.

Snowden revelations hit war on terror as EU MPs call for suspension of data-sharing deal

on October 23, 2013

The European Parliament has asked the European Commission to suspend a deal with the U.S. that allowed the sharing of financial data, in order to track terrorist funding. However, that call appears to have been rebuffed.