It has recently come to light that SWIFT has been providing the CIA with data on financial transactions for over four years as part of the war against terrorism in the US. In this commentary, Brendan Hewson discusses whether the role of SWIFT is that of partner, collaborator or voluntary assistant, and if SWIFT's transfer of information to the US secret services is a breach of data protection regulations as well as customer confidentiality?

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