Last week (on Feb 12) the European Parliament did not renew its commitment to the SWIFT agreement. Such agreement was adopted after 9.11 as an anti-terror measure that allowed US authorities to monitor EU financial transactions.
The news went under the radar, but it is a very significant change in the EU attitude towards data protection and civil liberties. Also, this is a result of Treaty of Lisbon, which gave lawmakers the power to review and approve measures that effect internal security.
The political rationale of such position may be summarized as follow: "We need to apply EU standards to EU data", "to give people a right of redress" in the event of misuse of personal data, and to allow access to data "on a case by case basis".
Here the press release of the Civil Liberty Committee. Here the comment of the WSJ.
The news went under the radar, but it is a very significant change in the EU attitude towards data protection and civil liberties. Also, this is a result of Treaty of Lisbon, which gave lawmakers the power to review and approve measures that effect internal security.
The political rationale of such position may be summarized as follow: "We need to apply EU standards to EU data", "to give people a right of redress" in the event of misuse of personal data, and to allow access to data "on a case by case basis".
Here the press release of the Civil Liberty Committee. Here the comment of the WSJ.
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