The U.S.-EU Safe Harbor agreement, used since 2000 by multinational companies for legally transferring data owned by European Union citizens to the U.S., is invalid, due to the determination by the EU’s Court of Justice that the United States may provide government access to private citizen data.
Privacy experts say that the decision thrusts businesses that rely upon the Safe Harbor to move data freely around the globe into a state of uncertainty, with the possibility of examinations of company privacy practices, potential lawsuits, and added costs of developing alternatives to the agreement.
Read more at http://www.advisenltd.com/2015/10/08/us-eu-safe-harbor-decision-raises-uncertainty-data-privacy-concerns/
Ayers, Erin. ‘US-EU Safe Harbor decision raises uncertainty, data privacy concerns’. ©2015 Advisen Ltd. 14 October 2015.
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