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The bank data transfer agreement topped Cecilia Malmstrom's agenda since her first day in office (Photo: European Commission)

Tough demands from European Parliament included in bank data deal with US

The new EU agreement allowing bank data to be transferred to the US for anti-terrorism purposes fulfills the European Parliament's tough demands for data protection, EU home affairs commissioner Cecilia Malmstrom writes, urging MEPs to vote in favour of the deal on Thursday.

The attempted liquid bomb plot at Heathrow airport in 2006, the Islamic Jihad Union in Germany in 2007, and the Jakarta hotel bombings in 2009: these are examples of terrorist plots and attacks where information fro...

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The bank data transfer agreement topped Cecilia Malmstrom's agenda since her first day in office (Photo: European Commission)

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