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Cops should be allowed to hack into computers, police officials say

By Lucian Constantin | 31 October, 2013 00:38

Law enforcement agencies should be allowed to hack into computers to identify cybercriminals and collect evidence, representatives from Europol and the Dutch National Police argued in front of a room full of security professionals at the RSA Europe security conference in Amsterdam.
European lawmakers still worried about banking data security

By Jennifer Baker | 10 March, 2011 02:47

Europe's police force, Europol, has approved requests to send private citizens' banking data to the U.S. Department of Treasury without sufficient consideration for data protection laws, according to an internal report.
Secrecy continues over banking data transferred to US by EU

By Jennifer Baker | 04 March, 2011 06:11

Details regarding the amount of private banking data being sent from the European Union to the U.S. Treasury Department are not forthcoming, raising concerns among European parliamentarians.