News Digest (12.10.15)

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- EU transfer of data to third countries: Could the Schrems decision trigger a regulatory “race to the top”? (verfassungsblog.de, link)

- UK: Theresa May to appoint Labour peer to scrutinise snooper's charter (Guardian, link): "Ann Taylor, a defence minister under Gordon Brown, is to chair joint committee on investigatory powers bill – but home secretary’s choice is controversial"

- Police called to meeting of beard fans in Sweden after passer-by confuses them with Isis terrorists - The group was waving a black flag which, a member has admitted, looks a bit like the Isis emblem (Indepedent, link)

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