“If the actual revelations on these spying activities are true, then it is completely clear that there have been also interceptions with the activities of this regulation,” German Green MEP Jan Philip Albrecht said of the EU’s draft data protection regulation in response to this weekend’s reports on the U.S. National Security Agency (NSA) allegedly spying on EU activities. EUObserver cites lobbying efforts against the draft regulation by the U.S. government and U.S.-based companies, quoting Albrecht as saying, “Perhaps it’s time to re-discuss once more if we really want to completely exclude national security from the scope of the regulation." A European Commission spokeswoman has called the weekend allegations “disturbing” and said the European External Action Service has asked Secretary of State John Kerry to respond.
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