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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 10917
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SECTORAL POLICIES / (ae) jha

Calls to suspend SWIFT agreement due to NSA

Brussels, 09/09/2013 (Agence Europe) - On Monday 9 September, Jan Philipp Albrecht MEP (Greens/EFA), who is in charge of the reform of data protection rules, called on the European Commission to suspend the so-called SWIFT/TFTP agreement on tracking terrorist finance. Albrecht's call comes after fresh revelations in the press that the US National Security Agency (NSA) reportedly spies on the SWIFT company.

According to several Brazilian media, the NSA has apparently had access to the...

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