True, the effects of Brexit and the implementation of the EU General Data Protection Regulation will be top of mind this year, but there is another development that may be worth monitoring for certain organizations. "Technology companies in particular should take note of proposed developments in EU export controls, set to proceed to a vote in the European Parliament plenary session in early 2018," points out Citigroup Senior Vice President and Assistant General Counsel Amanda O'Keefe, CIPP/US. In this post for Privacy Tech, O'Keefe details what's on the table for this year's EU dual-use recast and why calls to remove cryptography technology from the scope of dual-use export controls is a good thing, though something that may require some patience. 
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