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While it is not yet clear that the NSA spying revelations will lead to any substantive change in the United States, the growing scandal is poised to spark even stronger data protection laws in Europe.European Union Vice President and Commisioner Viviane Reding said on Monday that efforts to strengthen existing privacy laws have gotten a boost from attention to the PRISM and other NSA data gathering efforts.
It was a wake-up call, thanks to the Americans, Reding said, speaking at the DLDwomen conference in Munich.
We do not want the U.S. government to listen to every phone call we make and read every e-mail, Reding said.
Data protection in Europe is a fundamental right, Reding said. Strong rules allow trust and, in the Internet world, without trust you cannot go ahead.
Speaking at the conference, which bridges womens and technology issues, Reding said it is women that have been at the forefront of promoting privacya key ingredient to freedom and democracy.
It is mainly women that have understood that importance, Reding said.
http://allthingsd.com/20130715/eu-commissioner-we-dont-want-u-s-reading-our-mail-and-listening-to-our-phone-calls/
kentuck
(111,110 posts)"We can do nothing about it."
How many times have we heard that insinuation?
Android3.14
(5,402 posts)"The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no Warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by Oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized."
Papers mean data. Only those who are tools of the state are unable to realize that.
MattSh
(3,714 posts)Don't read our emails or monitor our phones.
But if you want some airspace closed, we'll wet ourselves to be your top poodle!
Laelth
(32,017 posts)-Laelth
Electric Monk
(13,869 posts)xchrom
(108,903 posts)geek tragedy
(68,868 posts)Cali_Democrat
(30,439 posts)but did Snowden release information that indicated US intelligence agencies are listening to everyone's phone calls?
I thought it was phone record metadata collection.