Add the NZ Privacy Commissioner and a group of EU privacy regulators to those investigating the US monitoring of international banking transactions through the SWIFT bank cooperative in Belgium. Thanks to pogowasright for the lead.
No sign of any public response from the Australian Privacy Commissioner despite representations from the Australian Privacy Foundation and the clear indications from Canada, Belgium, Germany, others in the EU and now New Zealand that this is worth a close look.
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