29/03/2011 (Agence Europe) - EU/United States: data protection. The European Commission and the United States have begun talks on an agreement relating to personal data protection with a view to combating terrorism and organised crime, the Commission announced on Tuesday 29 March in a press release. The negotiator for the US has been designated, said a spokesman for Viviane Reding, Fundamental Rights Commissioner, who had received a mandate from the Council last December to begin the talks....