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The European Union (EU) is worried about a -secret American surveillance program that has spied on its . "Surveillance" means looking at the actions of spies and criminals. EU officials are angry that the program (called PRISM) spied on EU citizens. The company that operates PRISM accessed millions of e-mails and personal from Google, Facebook, Apple and other e-mail . EU spokesman Tonio Borg said the EU wants the USA to promise it will respect the of European citizens. He said the USA must not look at the information of Europeans. He is angry because US say PRSIM cannot spy on Americans, unless they are possible .

PRISM has the to get the emails and phone of non-US nationals. It can also tap into voice chat, videos and social details. A reporter from Britain's "The Guardian" newspaper said PRISM workers could access anyone's emails or phone calls at any . Dutch Sophia Veld said: "500 million Europeans were shocked to find a foreign nation has access to every intimate of their private lives.” A CIA worker, Edward Snowden, 29, leaked secret documents about the program to "The Guardian" last week. Mr Snowden is currently in in Hong Kong. The USA says he has broken the law. Moscow has said Snowden may be able to live in Russia.

 


 
 

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