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EU aims to seal data transfer deal with U.S. in three months

By Julia Fioretti BRUSSELS (Reuters) – Discussions on a new data transfer pact with the United States should be concluded within three months, the European Commission said on Friday, after a top European Union court struck down the previous agreement on concerns over American spying. The highest EU court last month ruled that Safe Harbour, a system that for 15 years has helped companies to avoid cumbersome checks to transfer