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EU watchdog Buttarelli says data differences with US are ‘not so fundamental’

( May 4, 2015, 16:29 GMT | Official Statement) -- MLex Summary: A controversial trans-Atlantic data-transfer agreement represents an important attempt to bridge a divide between the EU and the US, Europe’s top data official said today. But the differences between the two privacy-protection systems “are not so fundamental,” European Data Protection Supervisor Giovanni Buttarelli said during a speech in Berlin. The “ultimate purpose” of both systems is “to protect the freedom of the individual to control how his or her personal information is handled and by whom,” he said.The full speech is linked below....

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