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EU: European Court of Justice: SAFE HARBOUR JUDGMENT

06 October 2015

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"The Data Protection Directive provides that the transfer of personal data to a third country may, in principle, take place only if that third country ensures an adequate level of protection of the data..... The United States safe harbour scheme thus enables interference, by United States public authorities, with the fundamental rights of persons, and the Commission decision does not refer either to the existence, in the United States, of rules intended to limit any such interference or to the existence of effective legal protection against the interference."

See: The Court of Justice declares that the Commission’s US Safe Harbour Decision is invalid (Press release, pdf); and: Full-text-judgment (pdf)

Also: Intial response from max schrems (pdf) and see his Facebook and see: Facebook row: US data storage leaves users open to surveillance, court rules - EU court ruling that privacy is being compromised could force many digital companies to relocate operations (Guardian, link)

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