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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 9952

31 July 2009
GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/jha
EU seeks status quo concerning transatlantic agreement on Swift albeit with good data protection

Brussels, 30/07/2009 (Agence Europe) - EU countries trust that data protection will take its due place in the temporary agreement allowing the United States to continue having access to banking information from the Swift network for counter-terrorism purposes. “We want to reach a protective agreement over a few months to extend the status quo and protect online data under European law”, said Jacques Barrot, European Commissioner for Justice, Freedom and Security, speaking on Thursday 30...

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