The transfer of private data between U.S. and EU jurisdictions is subject to a number of laws and agreements that can be confusing even in the best of circumstances, and a new ruling by EU authorities today could blur the lines further.
On Sept 23, European Court of Justice Advocate General Yves Bot filed an opinion stating that even if a U.S. company has the “adequate” privacy protection needed for certification under the Safe Harbor agreement, authorities in the EU still have the ability to halt the transfer of data. Bot made the ruling specifically in response to litigation pending against Facebook, but it could set precedent more broadly on transfer of data between the two regions.
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