A number of US NGOs and a pan-European industry group are speaking out against pressure from US lobbyists to relax EU privacy laws to suit Silicon Valley. […]
“We also found that the Europeans were excited to head a different view from the US,” NGO reps wrote. “We learned that Europeans and Americans have similar concerns about the need for privacy protection. We share a fundamental belief that Europe and the United States need to update their privacy laws.“[…]
US NGOs argue that privacy should not be viewed as partisan, but very few topics are non-partisan in the US nowadays. The extent of influence big business is able to exert on elected representatives in the post-Citizens United political landscape is immense, which means the NGOs and even sections of the Obama administration, are likely to face an uphill struggle. […]
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