The Financial Times reports the European Commission outlined a draft plan for renewed cooperation between the EU and U.S. on a variety of matters, including data protection. The proposal aims to create a shared approach to enforcing data protection law and combatting cybersecurity threats, which will "form the backbone of a wider coalition of like-minded democracies," according to the commission. The plan will be submitted for endorsement at the start of December with hopes of launching the new trans-Atlantic agenda at a potential EU-U.S. summit in 2021.
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