Thursday, 16 July 2020

Tech firms like Facebook must restrict data sent from EU to US, court rules

Long-running legal saga finds inadequate protections against snooping on personal data by US intelligence agencies Tech companies like Facebook could be prevented from sending data back to the US, after the latest ruling in a long-running European legal saga found that there are not enough protections against snooping by US intelligence agencies. The ruling of the court of justice of the European Union (CJEU) does not immediately end such transfers, but requires data protection authorities (DPAs) in individual member states to vet the sending of any new data to make sure people’s personal information remains protected according to the EU’s data protection laws (GDPR). Continue reading...
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