EU COUNCIL APPROVES CRIME FIGHTING DATA TRANSFER DEAL
September 1st, 2007
BY KEITH NUTHALL
AGREEMENT has been struck at the European Union (EU) Council of Ministers over a law which will govern what personal data can be exchanged between EU member states' law enforcement agencies. Some member states had been pushing for the law to govern the protection of personal police-held information within their own countries, but this was successfully resisted by Britain, Germany and others. Now this 'framework decision' will only apply to cross-border transfers. Notably, the agreed text will allow police and courts to send to information ...
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