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European Commission Outlines Steps To Restore Trust In EU-US Data Flows

Posted by Unknown on from the mending-wounds dept.

hypnosec writes "The European Commission has outlined steps it believes will pave the way for restoring faith in EU-U.S. data flows following revelations about NSA spying activities under its PRISM program. The EC notes that spying on its citizens, companies, and leaders is unacceptable; and that citizens of U.S. and EU need to be reassured about protection of their data, while companies need to be reassured that the existing agreements between the two regions are respected and enforced. The Commission outlined a total of six areas that it believes require action including swift adoption of the EU's data protection reforms; making Safe Harbor safer; strengthening data protection safeguards in the law enforcement area; commitment from the U.S. for making use of a legal framework; addressing European concerns in the on-going U.S. reform process; and promoting privacy standards internationally."

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  1. We have a reform process in the US? by xxxJonBoyxxx · · Score: 3, Insightful

    >> addressing European concerns in the on-going U.S. reform process

    Really, we have an active privacy reform process in the US? I haven't heard much about that since Obamacare finally went off the rails.

    1. Re:We have a reform process in the US? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Insightful

      Given your US news I can see why you wouldn't know anything about it really.

  2. We have the solution! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Insightful

    More lies! This will work this time. We're sure of it!

    You'd be a fool to trust the US anywhere near your data these days. All the stuff revealed lately is just *some* of what's what.
    What we don't yet know.......

    Justice has been severely folded, bent, mutilated, and trampled. It's going to take DECADES to restore even a small percentage of the trust erased lately.

  3. Restore? by Pogue+Mahone · · Score: 1, Insightful

    Difficult to *restore* a faith that was never there.

    --
    Every bloody emperor has his hand up history's skirt [Peter Hammill/VdGG]
  4. Restore trust?? by fustakrakich · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Heh, that's a good one. How do you restore trust in a system that is corrupt by design, not by defect? You cannot ever trust any system to works on concentrated authority. It is impossible to acquire adequate oversight.

    --
    “He’s not deformed, he’s just drunk!”
  5. Trust in USA? What's that? by coder111 · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Who in their right mind could trust USA? Unicorns are more real than trust in USA. Spying, 2 wars based on lies and deceit, lots of profiteering at everyone's expense, patent trolling and other IP based litigation nonsense, shoving harmful legislation down everyones throats- all of that is coming from US.

    Well, unless it's "trust" as in "I trust US to screw everyone at every opportunity".

    --Coder

  6. Re:"EU won't suspend data sharing accords with U.S by neo-mkrey · · Score: 5, Insightful

    So the EU rolls overs and is a good bitch for the US again? Pathetic! I don't know what is worse, the fact the US has no morals, or the fact the EU has no balls?

  7. For the US/NSA trust is a one way street by schwit1 · · Score: 4, Insightful

    The EU tried going the trust route and it got burned. This situation is indicative of the scorpion and the frog.