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Schrems v Facebook: European Court Strikes Down EU-US Privacy Shield Agreement

JUL 16, 2020 | US | EUROPEAN UNION

Computer Weekly, July 16, 2020. “Today’s Privacy Shield decision just removed from the table one of the few, and most trusted, ways to transfer data across the Atlantic,” said Thomas Boué, director general of the BSA. “The impacts will be felt by large and small enterprises on both side of the Atlantic, when businesses are focused on recovering from the economic impacts of Covid-19 and are increasingly relying on data-driven tools and services to do so,” he said. Read more

EU Court Blocks Data Pact Amid Fears Over US Surveillance

JUL 16, 2020 | US | EUROPEAN UNION

The Telegraph, July 16, 2020. The judgment "removed from the table one of the few, and most trusted, ways to transfer data across the Atlantic" for large and small enterprises in both the US and Europe, said Thomas Boue, director general for policy in Europe at BSA | The Software Alliance Read more

Privacy Cross-Border Data

Bye, Bye Privacy Shield

JUL 16, 2020 | GLOBAL

Politico Cyber Insights, July 16, 2020. Europe’s top court has struck down a data protection agreement with the US — for the second time. All eyes are now on the EU’s data protection authorities and the Commission. Read more

Privacy Cross-Border Data

NATO and 5G: Managing High-Risk Vendors

JUL 16, 2020 | US | EUROPEAN UNION

WIIS Voices, July 16, 2020. How can NATO and other multilateral organizations leverage software innovation to enhance cybersecurity? Read more

Cybersecurity

EU Court Blocks Data Pact Amid Fears Over US Surveillance

JUL 16, 2020 | US | EUROPEAN UNION

Bloomberg, July 16, 2020. While a separate contract-based system to transfer data was approved, the judges’ doubts about American data protection also plunge that alternative method into legal uncertainty. Read more

Privacy Cross-Border Data

EU Court Rules EU-US Data Protection Agreement Invalid

JUL 16, 2020 | US | EUROPEAN UNION

RTE, July 16, 2020. The European Court of Justice (ECJ) has for the second time struck down an agreement between the EU and US which facilitates the transfer of data from Europe to the United States and permits US intelligence services to access such data for national security reasons. Read more

Privacy Cross-Border Data

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