Private Data to Be Exchanged by Governments
The U.S. and the E.U. are near to completing a controversial agreement allowing the exchange of a wide-array of private, personal data among law enforcement and security officials, the New York Times reported Saturday. The negotiators have agreed on most of the draft language on 12 major issues for a "binding international agreement," the newspaper reported, citing an internal report it had obtained ... Guarantees of privacy and redress for violation of privacy rules were however sticking points in the deal, the Times wrote.