Tag: Safe Harbour
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – European privacy regulators said on Wednesday a new commercial data transfer pact between the European Union and the United States needed to provide more reassurance over U.S. surveillance practices and the independence of a new U.S. privacy ombudsman. The lukewarm reception of the EU-U.S. Privacy Shield, agreed in February after two years […]
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – European and U.S. negotiators agreed a data pact on Tuesday that should prevent European Union regulators from restricting data transfers by companies across the Atlantic. The European Union and the United States have been racing to replace the previous transatlantic data transfer framework called Safe Harbour. The European Court of Justice (ECJ) […]
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – European and U.S. negotiators have missed a deadline to agree a key data transfer pact, the European Commission said on Monday, with talks snagged over a new oversight role and the options for European citizens to seek redress over data privacy violations, sources familiar with the talks said. While talks are continuing […]
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – European and U.S. officials are rushing to finalize a key data transfer pact days before a meeting of EU regulators who are poised to start restricting transatlantic flows of personal data used by firms in the billion dollar online advertising industry. A new deal is crucial for the many thousands of businesses that […]
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Legislation that would grant U.S. privacy rights to Europeans is being delayed in the U.S. Senate, which may complicate negotiations over a broader trans-Atlantic data transfer pact that faces a January deadline for completion, sources said on Wednesday. The Judicial Redress Act, which would allow citizens of European allied countries to sue […]
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – European Union privacy regulators aim to agree next month on whether and how data transfers to the United States should continue in the absence of an EU-U.S. data-transfer pact that was struck down last year on privacy concerns. European data protection authorities will gather in Brussels on Feb. 2 to find a […]
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 […]
FRANKFURT (Reuters) – A new transatlantic data-sharing agreement is within reach after the “Safe Harbour” deal used by thousands of companies to comply with EU privacy law was struck down by the highest EU court this month, U.S. Secretary of Commerce Penny Pritzker said. The so-called “Safe Harbour 2.0” agreement currently being negotiated would meet […]
Data protection officials are assuming increasing prominence following Tuesday’s (6 October) ECJ decision to outlaw Safe Harbour called them to take on a bigger role in Europe’s privacy debacles. National data protection authorities from member states will convene on Thursday (8 October) in Brussels, in order to coordinate a response to the ECJ decision. The […]
BRUSSELS/FRANKFURT (Reuters) – From Vienna cafes to the European Union’s highest court, an Austrian law student’s two-year battle against Facebook and mass U.S. surveillance culminated on Tuesday in a landmark ruling that has rippled across the business world. Max Schrems, a 28-year-old Facebook user finishing his Ph.D in law at Vienna University, took an interest […]
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