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Taxation, a digital single market, telecommunications rules and data protection are all on the agenda
But digital rights groups warn that the proposal lacks sufficient safeguards for citizens' data
Copyright levies on cloud computing services would be a disaster, says the Pirate Party MEP
While the law was widely violated, the companies were not punished
Under proposal, companies will have just one privacy authority to deal with
Lavabit said in August it was shutting down its service rather than be complicit in crimes against Americans
The NSA's telephone records collection program is necessary to keep the U.S. safe from terrorism, some lawmakers say
Google, Facebook, Apple and other companies call on Congress to move quickly on NSA legislation
The agency intends to collect all US phone records and put them in a searchable database, director Keith Alexander says
The bipartisan bill aims to make bulk collection of telephone records illegal