The 2015 European Court of Justice decision to overturn the Safe Harbor agreement—which provided a single set of data protection requirements for transferring data across the borders of countries—meant that the 28 countries making up the European Union would now have the power to determine how their citizens’ information can be collected and shared.
As such, many companies are weighing their options for storing e-discovery data outside of the U.S. now that each country’s regulators can potentially suspend transfers if they deem a company does not adequately protect user data. This is causing e-discovery service providers to create or hasten existing plans for expansion. D4, a managed data and discovery services provider, recently announced the opening of locations in Hong Kong and Shanghai, China.
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