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February 3, 2016

Snowden Criticizes New "Privacy" Pact Between U.S. and EU
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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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