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27 May 2012
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Leonoor Kuijk
Leonoor Kuijk is Brussels correspondent for Dutch daily
Trouw
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By Leonoor Kuijk
SWIFT
Privacy, victim of the Atlantic crossing
On 8 July, the European Parliament approved a revised version of the SWIFT agreement, which will authorize the transfer of European bank data to the United States. However, the agreement, which was concluded after months of negotiations, does not reconcile the opposing views of the issue of data privacy that prevail in Europe and the United States.
9 July 2010
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