The United States expects it will be able to clinch an agreement “very soon” with the European Union on a deal allowing companies to easily transfer data across the two blocs. The European Commission, the EU executive, reopened the Safe Harbour agreement, which makes it easier for companies to transfer EU citizens’ data to the United States, after revelations about U.S. mass surveillance activities involving European citizens sent shockwaves across the continent. As a condition for not scrapping Safe Harbour, Brussels demanded guarantees from the United States that the collection of EU citizens’ data for national security purposes would be limited and proportionate.
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