EU institutions aim to revive an anti-snooping clause in their data protection bill, even though it would do nothing to stop a US-type operation.
The so called article 42 in the new regulation would create a legal framework on transfer of data to third countries, including the United States.
The European Commission relegated it to a footnote in its original draft of the document.
But justice commissioner Viviane Reding told the European Parliament in Brussels on Wednesday ...
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Nikolaj joined EUobserver in 2012 and covers home affairs. He is originally from Denmark, but spent much of his life in France and in Belgium. He was awarded the King Baudouin Foundation grant for investigative journalism in 2010.