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COLN POWELL - US secretary of state, acknowledged the role that the September 11 terrorist attacks played in pushing the agreement forward. (Photo: European Commission)

EU agrees personal data exchange with US

EU justice ministers agreed on Thursday to an exchange of personal data with the United States. In a major overhaul of the 1995 Convention governing the European Police Office (Europol), there will be a huge increase in the exchange of personal data across the Atlantic.

The agreement, which will be signed by the EU and the US in Copenhagen on Friday, foresees more co-operation between the EU member states and the US in "preventing, detecting, suppressing, and investigating criminal off...

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COLN POWELL - US secretary of state, acknowledged the role that the September 11 terrorist attacks played in pushing the agreement forward. (Photo: European Commission)

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