Deadline passes for agreement on new data regulations sparked by Facebook privacy lawsuit
Feb01
The deadline for US and EU policymakers to negotiate a replacement for the Safe Harbor transatlantic data transfer agreement passed overnight, meaning your favorite internet services have no legal framework for protecting your digital information. The previous law was struck down by the European Court of Justice after an Austrian privacy activist challenged Facebook’s data transfer policy following Ed Snowden’s revelations of mass government spying. In the interim, the European Commission set out alternative measures for companies transferring data between the US and Europe, as well as making 13 recommendations that is was hoping would make the basis of the new settlement. The New…
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