• US envoys claim American data protection laws are more
stringent than in some member states (Photo: CE)  US envoy talks
down fears on internet snooping  26.01.12 @ 19:28    1. By
Nikolaj Nielsen   2. Nikolaj email   3. Nikolaj Twitter
BRUSSELS - A senior US official has tried to dispel the notion
that post-9/11 America abuses internet privacy, as EU lawmakers
and civil liberties activists look to the future of web
policing.  The state department's top official on international
communications, Philip Verveer, who in his past work as a lawyer
in the private sector also helped put together some of the US'
biggest pieces of media legislation, led the mission to the EU
capital on Thursday (26 January).  He told press that US
authorities adhere to stricter rules than some EU member states
when attempting to access information stored on the 'cloud' -
the emerging market of online data storage and services provided
by companies.  Cloud data can belong to an individual from one
country, be stored on a server in ano