EU Delegation in Washington This Week to Discuss Privacy, Crime

Members of the European Parliament's Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs (LIBE) Committee will be in Washington this week to talk with U.S. government representatives about data protection, cybercrime and other issues, said a committee news release Friday. Led by LIBE Committee Chair Claude Moraes of the U.K., the delegation will meet with lawmakers and representatives from the departments of Commerce, Homeland Security, Justice, State and Treasury, as well as with the FTC, among others. The release said they would focus on the EU-U.S. Privacy Shield, digital privacy and electronic communications and cybercrime.