The talks were halted in 2013 after documents on widespread US spying practices had been revealed by Edward Snowden. Brussels demanded guarantees from the US that EU citizen data would not be transferred to other countries and would be collected in urgent national security cases only.
"I do not think that the US will only collect basic data. We know from the past how hungry the American services are for every data. So no trust in that, also under the experience we made in the negotiations for TTIP. I think – I have to talk to the rest of the ENF group – we will not vote in favor for that agreement," Mayer told Sputnik.
According to the reports, the final deal will envisage a monitoring mechanism for US access to data.
Currently, companies working in the European Union are not allowed to transmit personal data outside the European Economic Area.