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GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/jha/swift

European Data Protection Supervisor calls on ECB to take action in SWIFT case

Brussels, 02/02/2007 (Agence Europe) - On 1 February, the European Data Protection Supervisor (EDPS) Peter Hustinx said the European Central Bank (ECB) should do more to prevent SWIFT from illegally transferring personal data about millions of people to the United States.

In a report, the EDPS says: "Just as other banks, the ECB can not escape some responsibilities in the SWIFT case which has breached the trust and private lives of many millions of people. Secret, routine and massive access...

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