The House insists that in matters of data protection the agreements should strive to achieve a high level of protection as regards risks of abuse and should be supplemented with binding principles at EU level as regards the protection of data for security purposes (third pillar).
Parlaments tomēr uzskata, ka šie uzlabojumi nav pietiekami attiecībā uz ASV jurisdikcijā esošo ES pilsoņu datu aizsardzību.