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Snowden Criticizes New “Privacy” Pact Between U.S. and EU

HeadlineFeb 03, 2016

European officials have unveiled a deal with the United States to allow corporations including Google and Amazon to continue moving user data back and forth overseas. The so-called EU-U.S. Privacy Shield comes after the European Court of Justice struck down a prior agreement following revelations of U.S. mass surveillance from NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden. The deal includes written U.S. assurances that intelligence agencies will not have indiscriminate access to European user data. Snowden was among those to criticize the new pact, tweeting: “It’s not a Privacy Shield, it’s an accountability shield.”

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