As per the findings of a latest report, Googlemail b/c Prism has been decided by a German columnist, Olaf Storbeck, to be ditched. The London-based writer said that he was messing with a VPN, i. e. a virtual private network, which was used by a number of corporations.

The report said that though, the effect of the disclosure of prevalent Internet scouting in the Prism program of the United States government on the European public was not known. Also, one and all were not familiar to privacy issues like Mr. Storbeck.

But, the official reaction of Europe has always been angry and loud. And the cause of the European response is partly a political reaction to the seemingly American superpower arrogance. It is somehow also a response to the secrecy that covers Prism along with its supposed safeguards.

However, the same is sometimes found on the basis of a conception of privacy, different as compared to the United States. The attitude there is that the government has been making all the necessary efforts required to ensure citizens' protection from attacks likely from anywhere.

It is being said that the European response is based on tradition.

"For a lot of people on both sides of the Atlantic, this is a wake-up call, leading to serious questions both at the highest level and in the general public", affirmed the European Parliament's Dutch member, Marietje Schaake.