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EU prepares to give US direct access to police and immigration databases (www.statewatch.org)

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The EU is planning to strike a deal with the US that would let the Department of Homeland Security and other agencies search European databases to identify people posing “a threat to US security,” according to a proposal published by the European Commission at the end of July.

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[-] porpoise37@lemmy.ml 6 points 3 weeks ago

I am not an expert of EU law, what does a "proposal" actually mean? What is the journey from this document to it actually happening and what recourse do citizens have, if any? And why am I the first fucking person asking this question?

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