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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 7661

23 February 2000
GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/united states
Progress in negotiations over protection of private data on Internet but agreement is still far off

Brussels, 22/02/2000 (Agence Europe) - After two days of negotiations, the European Commission and the United States have not yet ironed out their differences regarding the protection of personal data. They have, however, made substantial progress. American Undersecretary of State for Trade, David Aaron told EUROPE that he was very pleased with the talks, and "that an agreement is on track, even it still needs approving by a good number of people". For the Commission's "Internal Market"...

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