EU & USA citizen data sharing nearer
The United States and the EU are nearer to an agreement to share private data of their citizens, including credit card information, travel history, and internet browsing information; one issue yet to be resolved: the right of EU citizens to sue the U.S. government for mishandling the information
The United States and European Union are close to an agreement to share private data of their citizens, including credit card information, travel history, and internet browsing information, the New York Times said Saturday. Negotiations that begun in February 2007, however, have to yet address whether Europeans can sue the U.S. government for mishandling information, according to an internal report on the potential agreement obtained by the newspaper. The negotiations are being conducted by the U.S. DHS, the Justice and State departments, and their European counterparts, the daily said. A DHS spokesperson did not have an immediate response on the report.
