Tag: data transfer
(Reuters) – A startup backed by Tony Fadell, one of the fathers of the Apple iPod, plans to announce Wednesday it is working with Samsung Electronics Co Ltd, Foxconn parent Hon Hai Precision Industry Co Ltd and others on a new way for mobile phones to transfer large amounts of data without using wires or […]
DUBLIN (Reuters) – Ireland’s privacy watchdog has launched a bid to refer Facebook’s data transfer mechanism to the European Union’s top court in a landmark case that could put the shifting of data across the Atlantic under renewed legal threat. The move is the latest challenge to the various methods by which large tech firms […]
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – U.S. officials will travel to Brussels this week to drum up support for a transatlantic data transfer pact agreed last month that will facilitate billions of dollars worth of online business but which must overcome European regulators’ concerns over privacy protection. Agreed on Feb. 2 after two years of difficult talks, the […]
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A senior U.S. Senate Republican took a swipe on Wednesday at an effort to forge a new deal on the movement of electronic data between the United States and Europe, such as Facebook user information, but it was unclear if he had jeopardized the unfinished pact. Seen as crucial to preserving the […]
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – The European Commission will on Friday seek to reassure firms operating on both sides of the Atlantic that they can continue to transfer Europeans’ personal data to the United States after a court struck down a system used by over 4,000 companies to do just that. The highest EU court last month […]
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