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EU-USA SWIFT DEAL: EU police report shows holes in US data deal

01 March 2011

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EU-USA SWIFT DEAL: EU police report shows holes in US data deal (euobserver, link): "US demands for EU banking data under the so-called Swift agreement are "too general and abstract" for Europol to allow a proper evaluation of the necessity of those transfers, an inspection report carried out by the police agency's own supervisory body says.... Despite this, Europol approved each request it received..." Our support for this and other, forthcoming agreements clearly rely on the trustworthiness of our partners," Dutch Liberal MEP Sophie in't Veld said, noting that the Europol report "does not inspire much confidence"."

Europol released report (pdf): The full report has been classified as "TOP SECRET" by Europol itself so the complete story is not public.

See also Statewatch: European Commission and Europol refuse to supply data on the implementation of the EU-US TFPT (SWIFT) agreement as it is "Top Secret"

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