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MEPs vetod Swift - the Guardian: LINK ¤ the GUARDIAN

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• "the European Parliament - voted against the - Swift agreement !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

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• "( that would had - European personal banking data - to the US ! )"

 

 

 

 

 

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• "the European Parliament defied - lobbying by the US embassy !"

 

 

 

 

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• "for a data-sharing programme - of European personal financial transactions !"

 

 

 

 

 

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• "an overwhelming majority - of MEPs - in Strasbourg !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

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• "voted to ban - the Swift agreement !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

 

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• "( personal banking transfers - and transactions ! )"

 

 

 

 

 

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• "the MEPs voted down - the planned US-EU pact - by almost 2-1 - 378 to 196 votes !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

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• "mainly on grounds of privacy - and civil liberties !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

 

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• "senior MEPs argued - that the interim deal - was inadequate !"

 

 

 

 

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• "and said it would had been a - flawed arrangement !"

 

 

 

 

 

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• "the US congress - would oppose - something equivalent to that !"

 

 

 

 

 

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• "the EU parliament vetod - applies to data - from Swift !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

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• "the society for - worldwide interbank financial telecommunications !"

 

 

 

 

 

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• "which is based in Belgium - and co-ordinates millions of financial transfers !"

 

 

 

 

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• "and transactions - every day on behalf of thousands - of banks !"

 

 

 

 

 

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• "a network - to send and receive - information about financial transactions - worldwide !"

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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suggested Swift Agreement - US cable - 2007: LINK ¤ 07BRUSSELS253

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• "US treasury assistant James Freis - and Michael Jacobson !"

 

 

 

 

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• "had lobbied - for a Swift agreement - mirroring the European database !"

 

 

 

 

 

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• "where the Swift data - would had been in the US !"

 

 

 

 

 

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• "the European Commission - the council secretariat - and key member states of the EU !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

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• "said that the suggested - Swift agreement !"

 

 

 

 

 

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• "raised a number - of data protection issues !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

 

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• "would violate the Belgian - data protection directive !"

 

 

 

 

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• "because they would not notify - the data protection authorities !"

 

 

 

 

 

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• ""informed consent" - would not work !"

 

 

 

 

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• "because there would be no alternative - to Swift to make payments !"

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

European Parliament - US cable - 2009: LINK ¤ 09BRUSSELS1283

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• "the spokesman for the Socialist and Democrat Group - Claude Moraes !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

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• "called the suggested - Swift agreement !"

 

 

 

 

 

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• "a testing ground - for getting the balance right !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

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• "between the EU's cooperation - with the US !"

 

 

 

 

 

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• "and protecting - our fundamental rights !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

 

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• "how can we guarantee - respect for EU standards ?!"

 

 

 

 

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• "( US legal standards - on EU soil - processing of EU data ! )"

 

 

 

 

 

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• "to which judge - could an EU citizen - or an EU enterprise  go ?!"

 

 

 

 

 

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• "Dutch MEP Sophia in't Veld - said "the EU governments"  !"

 

 

 

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• "must not gain access - to data of EU citizens - via the US !"

 

 

 

 

 

 

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• "German Green MEP - Jan Philipp Albrecht !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

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• "demanded halt of the - Swift negotiations !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

 

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• "the respect - of the rights of citizens - and parliaments - has to be guaranteed !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

 

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• "there must not be a - cow-trading with bank data !"

 

 

 

 

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• "without binding - protection mechanisms !"

 

 

 

 

 

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• "citizens - must not be suspects - from the outset !"

 

 

 

 

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• "there must be data protection rights - of European citizens !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

EU Parliament's Veto - US cable - 2010: LINK ¤ 10BRUSSELS120

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• "the European Parliament - was likely to - veto !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

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• "Swift agreement - bank data transactions - this week !"

 

 

 

 

 

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• "members of the European Parliament - did not feel !"

 

 

 

 

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• "that they knew - enough !"

 

 

 

 

 

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• "to make - a judgment !"

 

 

 

 

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• "what would happen - then - with the data ?!"

 

 

 

 

 

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• "the EU data protection standards - must not be compromised !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Passenger Name Recognition - US cable - 2006: LINK ¤ 06BERLIN3173

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• "the US embassy had lobbied - a different kind !"

 

 

 

 

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• "of PNR agreement - passenger data sharing !"

 

 

 

 

 

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• "based on - general principles !"

 

 

 

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• "not a list - of detailed - "dos and don'ts"  !"

 

 

 

 

 

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• "sharing of data - and less data privacy !"

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SWIFT - Wikipedia EN: LINK ¤ SWIFT