(MENAFN- Kuwait News Agency (KUNA)) Too little has been done to ensure that citizens' rights in European Union are protected following revelations of electronic mass surveillance by US National Security Agency, EP's civil liberties committee said in a resolution passed Tuesday.
"The European Parliament's inquiry into the revelations by Edward Snowden of electronic mass surveillance was the most comprehensive investigation completed to date. Not only did the report call for an immediate end to indiscriminate mass surveillance practices by intelligence services both in the EU and the US, but it also set out a roadmap for further action in this area," said the committee chair, Claude Moraes.
"Following this inquiry, there is widespread agreement that something has gone wrong with the way that intelligence agencies and others have acted. Work needs to continue to ensure that," he added.
"EU citizens' fundamental rights remain in danger" and "too little has been done to ensure their full protection," said the resolution.
It also urged the European Commission to come up immediately with alternatives to the EU-US data exchange agreement, called Safe Harbour, following the recent ruling by the European Court of Justice to invalidate it.
It also expressed concern about the surveillance laws in several EU countries.
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