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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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                    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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            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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                class="479432117-16092013">:-)<br>
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              </span></font></font><font size="2">//Erik<br>
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    <div class="moz-signature">-- <br>
      <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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