EU strikes down key US data-sharing protocol, citing threat of mass surveillance
July 16, 2020 | Uncategorized
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The European Union’s top court has invalidated a key data-sharing protocol that allows American companies to transfer personal information about EU citizens to the US for processing. The court says the regulation, known as Privacy Shield, cannot be trusted as it does not protect EU citizens from mass surveillance programs operated by US intelligence agencies like the NSA.
The ruling in the case today (known as Schrems II, after its claimant, privacy activist and lawyer Max Schrems) will have a serious effect on a range of US businesses, but it will be of particular concern to tech and social media companies like Facebook that process large amounts of personal data —…
