US responds to EU comments on data protection

William Kennard, US Ambassador to the European Union, responded to an EU official's comments that the United States did not seem ready to move forward on a data protection agreement with the EU. According to an article from Information Age, Kennard told reporters in Brussels Dec 20 that he disagrees with European commissioner for justice and fundamental rights Viviane Reding's criticism that while the U.S. is interested in negotiating individual data sharing agreements with the EU, it's dragging its heels on data protection. The ambassador and former FCC chairman rejected that idea, telling reporters, “I disagree -- we're moving ahead.”