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Re: Data Transfer Pact Between U.S. and Europe Is Ruled Invalid

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Anonymous <anonymous@hoi-polloi.org> wrote:

>Europe’s highest court on Tuesday struck down an international 
>agreement that allowed companies to move digital information 
>like people’s web search histories and social media updates 
>between the European Union and the United States. The decision 
>left the international operations of companies like Google and 
>Facebook in a sort of legal limbo even as their services 
>continued working as usual.
>
>The ruling, by the European Court of Justice, said the so-called 
>safe harbor agreement was flawed because it allowed American 
>government authorities to gain routine access to Europeans’ 
>online information. The court said leaks from Edward J. Snowden, 
>the former contractor for the National Security Agency, made it 
>clear that American intelligence agencies had almost unfettered 
>access to the data, infringing on Europeans’ rights to privacy.
>
>The court said data protection regulators in each of the 
>European Union’s 28 countries should have oversight over how 
>companies collect and use online information of their countries’ 
>citizens. European countries have widely varying stances toward 
>privacy.
>
>Data protection advocates hailed the ruling. Industry executives 
>and trade groups, though, said the decision left a huge amount 
>of uncertainty for big companies, many of which rely on the easy 
>flow of data for lucrative businesses like online advertising. 

With TTIP already in place U.S. companies could have claimed damages
from European countries for a multi-billion dollar loss of profits!

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Data Transfer Pact Between U.S. and Europe Is Ruled Invalid Anonymous <anonymous@hoi-polloi.org> - 2015-10-07 04:36 +0200
  Re: Data Transfer Pact Between U.S. and Europe Is Ruled Invalid JF Mezei <jfmezei.spamnot@vaxination.ca> - 2015-10-07 01:04 -0400
  Re: Data Transfer Pact Between U.S. and Europe Is Ruled Invalid Big Bad Bob <BigBadBob-at-mrp3-dot-com@testing.local> - 2015-10-07 12:33 -0700
    Re: Data Transfer Pact Between U.S. and Europe Is Ruled Invalid Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2015-10-07 12:46 -0700
  Re: Data Transfer Pact Between U.S. and Europe Is Ruled Invalid Jeremy Bentham <nobody@anemone.mooo.com> - 2015-10-08 00:10 +0200

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