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Just a short report from the European Parliament.<br>
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The Legal Affairs Committee just voted unanimously to promote that
citizens regain control over their personal data and communication
with Free and Open Source Software:<br>
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mso-bidi-font-style: italic"><strong><font face="Arial"><font
size="2"><span class="479432117-16092013"></span></font></font><em>Calls
on the Commission to promote the development,
jointly with stakeholders, of decentralised Free and
Open Source Software (FOSS) based services which
would help to harmonise practices across cloud
providers and enable European citizens to regain
control over their personal data and communication,
for example by means of point-to-point encryption.</em></strong></span></p>
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<div><font face="Arial" size="2"><span class="479432117-16092013"><font
size="2">More info here:
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://icg.greens-efa.eu/pipermail/hub/2013-September/000070.html">http://icg.greens-efa.eu/pipermail/hub/2013-September/000070.html</a><br>
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<font face="Arial" size="2"><span class="479432117-16092013"><font
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class="479432117-16092013">:-)<br>
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</span></font></font><font size="2">//Erik<br>
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<font face="Arial" size="-1">Erik Josefsson</font><br>
<font face="Arial" size="-1">Advisor on Internet Policies</font><br>
<font face="Arial" size="-1"><a
href="http://www.greens-efa.eu/36-details/josefsson-erik-138.html">Greens/EFA
Group</a></font><br>
<font face="Arial" size="-2">GSM: <b>+32484082063</b></font><br>
<font face="Arial" size="-2">BXL: PHS 04C075 TEL: +3222832667</font><br>
<font face="Arial" size="-2">SBG: WIC M03005 TEL: +33388173776</font><br>
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