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EC: US Has Utter Absence of Understanding of Privacy Clauses

The European Commission (EC) has rejected Bush Administration criticism of its contract clauses designed to protect transmission of personal information. In a strongly worded statement, an EC official said that Bush administration did not understand that the contract clauses were drafted to ensure the protection of personal data.

EU-US clash over personal data, Financial Times, March 29, 2001.