The European Commission is concerned that U.S. data collection practices such as PRISM may pose a threat to Europeans’ privacy rights. Commission Vice President Viviane Reding, who is in charge of justice, plans to raise the issue at an EU-U.S. meeting later this week in Dublin. That announcement comes after last week’s revelation that the National Security Agency has been monitoring U.S. citizens’ data via the headline-grabbing PRISM program.
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EC Mulls Potential US Threat to Europeans' Privacy
Posted by: David Vranicar June 11, 2013 11:18 AMThe European Commission is concerned that U.S. data collection practices such as PRISM may pose a threat to Europeans’ privacy rights. Commission Vice President Viviane Reding, who is in charge of justice, plans to raise the issue at an EU-U.S. meeting later this week in Dublin. That announcement comes after last week’s revelation that the National Security Agency has been monitoring U.S. citizens’ data via the headline-grabbing PRISM program.