UK: Brussels to sign away your private details to US

[tbyg52]

This is a little too old for LBN, but I didn't see it anywhere on DU.

American authorities will be able to obtain greater access to private information such as credit card transactions, internet browsing habits and travel histories of people in Britain under a deal being finalised by European Union officials.

An internal report leaked to The New York Times yesterday said the EU was on the verge of agreeing to give US law enforcement and security agencies information about all EU citizens.

Talks on the new data-sharing deal have been going on since last year. Negotiators are trying to agree on minimum standards to protect privacy rights. This would include limiting access to information to “authorised individuals with an identified purpose” for their search. The Americans want to secure final agreement before President Bush leaves office in January.

This weekend, privacy campaigners said the move would allow the Americans to carry out “fishing” expeditions against anyone they deemed to be of interest and would further undermine individual privacy.

More:
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/politics/article4232264.ece

[conspirator]

1. The NWO elite needs to spy on the peasants n/t

[LeftishBrit]

2. More a matter of their caving in on the matter...

if not for Brussels, I suspect darling Tony would have sent our details to his lovely Georgie long ago. Maybe he has.

Europaean privacy laws are overall much better than British or American ones; but it looks like they're giving into the pressures now.

We seem to be ending up more and more as a colony of Mad King George (and yes, I realize he's trespassing like mad on the rights of Americans; it isn't just or primarily us - but still ugh!)Any chance of Obama reversing some of this if he gets into power?