The European Union considers NSA spying a “trade barrier”

Data traveling inside and outside of the US is subject to scrutiny and surveillance by the NSA under the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act. In fact, as we already know, sometimes even data inside of the U.S. is open to that kind of snooping. However, the practice is worrisome for leaders of the European Union, who suspect that the NSA’s surveillance tactics will hurt trade potential for companies selling services internationally, particularly to the United States, according to a new report from Reuters.