On the heels of the Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs vote for a major overhaul of current EU data protection rules, the European Parliament will now decide whether the EU-U.S. agreement on data transfers under the SWIFT payment network should be suspended. Under SWIFT, the EU provides the U.S. with EU residents’ payment data in order to thwart terrorism. But U.S. NSA revelations have raised concerns about the program. The outcome of a vote today will be nonbinding.
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