Europe approves US mass data grab

GJ02 · 2 Jul 2010 at 14:01

Europe has signed a deal to hand over all bank transaction data to the US in order to help the ongoing war on terrorism.
The SWIFT agreement was signed yesterday in Brussels by Spanish minister for home affairs Alfredo Pérez Rubalcaba and the US embassy's economic economic officer to the EU, Michael Dodman.

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2010/06/29/swift_agree_approved/

A tad ott if you ask me ! :eek:

Moley · 2 Jul 2010 at 14:03

War on terror my arse. War on tax avoidance more like.

Cosimo · 2 Jul 2010 at 14:07

userunknown said:
A tad ott if you ask me !

Why, have you something to hide?

antijoke · 2 Jul 2010 at 14:08

Meh.

This is not relevant to my interests.

snowdog · 2 Jul 2010 at 14:08

simulatorman said:
Why, have you something to hide?

Governments should not have so much power and information about the people imo.

The Mad Rapper · 2 Jul 2010 at 14:11

simulatorman said:
Why, have you something to hide?

That's hardly the point is it? War on terror my arse - it's about power and control. An entire generation is growing up with eroded rights, waltzing into a big brother future where they know everything and you have no right to privacy.

Amnesia · 2 Jul 2010 at 14:18

more like a war on freedom.

The terrorists want us to fear for our lives and so do the governments.
same goal just different people.

Rroff · 2 Jul 2010 at 14:23

Amnesia said:
more like a war on freedom.

The terrorists want us to fear for our lives and so do the governments.
same goal just different people.

"The" gov. doesn't like competition - so they are probably the same people

Cosimo · 2 Jul 2010 at 14:24

The Mad Rapper said:
That's hardly the point is it? War on terror my arse - it's about power and control. An entire generation is growing up with eroded rights, waltzing into a big brother future where they know everything and you have no right to privacy.

Exaggerate much do you?

TMP · 2 Jul 2010 at 14:36

Damn, I make regular rental payments to my landlord, who happens to be one of them Muslamic people, does this mean I can be expected in guantanamo any day now?

GJ02 · 2 Jul 2010 at 14:37

nothing to hide here
this is about the US snooping on the rest of the world tho, the war on terror is nothing but a power trip to them in control.
why on earth cant europe keep all this data and sift through it like the US are going to ?

Greenlizard0 · 2 Jul 2010 at 14:42

Great, the 'T' word is being used again by our own governments for god knows what.

Though to be fair nothing's been approved yet, it got rejected last time.

simulatorman said:
Why, have you something to hide?

That's a rubbish argument.

You're right though, people shouldn't have any privacy on the internet, because everybody who demands it is clearly a copyright material stealing cracker.

Darg · 2 Jul 2010 at 14:46

Goodbye privacy, hello police state.

I don't recall anyone asking me if they could have that information... sounds like it could be brought to court under data protection laws.

TheMightyTen · 2 Jul 2010 at 14:54

simulatorman said:
Exaggerate much do you?

Keep your head in the sand do you?

Stretch · 2 Jul 2010 at 15:03

simulatorman said:
Why, have you something to hide?

Yes, my personal information.

Deific · 2 Jul 2010 at 15:21

Uh, we just can't get enough of being the US bich can we -_-

AdladUK · 2 Jul 2010 at 15:34

simulatorman said:
Why, have you something to hide?

Shut up.

Darg · 2 Jul 2010 at 16:34

AdladUK said:
Shut up.

Be nice, just because he can't recognise his personal freedoms being eroded is no reason to be rude.

Pixel · 2 Jul 2010 at 16:38

What right does the US have to this information?

They're not the world police.

twist3d0n3 · 2 Jul 2010 at 16:47

Pixel said:
What right does the US have to this information?

They're not the world police.

exactly, but that doesn't stop them thinking they are

i'd rather my personal information was kept in confidence, and a police state was not the future.

however, it looks like it is an 'easier' way for governments to control the population, rather than a fair way