Reports of U.S. online surveillance programs and involvement...
Reports of U.S. online surveillance programs and involvement in the process around EU data security and privacy legislation are “disappointing,” said European Digital Rights in a Tuesday letter to U.S. Ambassador to the EU William Kennard. The group demanded that…
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the U.S. cease “any and all data collection measures which are not targeted and not based on concrete suspicions” and “any and all foreign data collection measures that are not part of appropriate mutual legal assistance agreements that have treaty status.” Non-U.S. individuals should have “at the very least, equal rights to US citizens at all stages of an investigation,” the group said. Regarding the U.S. involvement in the EU legislative process, the group referenced a U.S. document from December 2011 that commented on provisions in a leaked draft of the EU legislative text. The U.S. should “desist in [the] future from lobbying on proposals that have not been released by the European Commission” and “only communicate future position papers to the European Union that are clearly identifiable as documents emanating from the US administration,” the group said.