Euro MPs shun data deal with US

A key committee of Euro MPs has moved to block the renewal of an agreement which allows US anti-terror officials to access Europeans’ bank data. The European Parliament’s civil liberties committee recommended that the full parliament reject the interim nine-month deal between the EU and US. MEPs said the deal negotiated by EU governments provided insufficient privacy safeguards. The US can access the Swift money transfer system, based in Brussels. The European Parliament plans to vote …