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Negotiations started in July 2013, one year after ACTA was voted out by the European Parliament. Civil society had called on democratic representatives to introduce stronger protections of copyright, patents and trademarks in the EU, especially with regard to its demands in the TAFTA negotiations. Moreover, the negotiations of ACTA, and now TAFTA, are predominantely done in obscurity, seriously weaking any oversight by civil society.

There have been calls following the Snowden revelations to ensure that data protection not be negotiated in TAFTA.

It is essential that citizens make their voices heard and act to prevent that this new trade agreement undermines our fundamental freedom and a free and open Internet.