Brussels, 07/04/2010 (Agence Europe) - On Wednesday 7 April, the European Parliament (EP) civil liberties committee (LIBE) called for strong assurances on data protection in the new transatlantic Swift agreement. At the end of March, the European Commission presented its draft mandate to negotiate a long-term agreement with the United States on the transfer of banking data for the purposes of tackling terrorism - the Swift agreement (see EUROPE 10105).
EP rapporteur on this issue, Jeanine...