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Reports of U.S. online surveillance programs and involvement in the process around EU data securitynand privacy legislation are "disappointing," said European Digital Rights in a Tuesday letter tonU.S. Ambassador to the EU William Kennard. The group demanded that the U.S. cease "any and all data collection measures which are not targeted and not based on concrete suspicions" and "any and allnforeign data collection measures that are not part of appropriate mutual legal assistance agreements thatnhave treaty status." Non-U.S. individuals should have "at the very least, equal rights to US citizens atnall stages of an investigation," the group said. Regarding the U.S. involvement in the EU legislativenprocess, the group referenced a U.S. document from December 2011 that commented on provisions in anleaked draft of the EU legislative text. The U.S. should "desist in [the] future from lobbying on proposalsnthat have not been released by the European Commission" and "only communicate future positionnpapers to the European Union that are clearly identifiable as documents emanating from the US administration,"nthe group said.