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EU privacy regulators inch towards restriction of EU-U.S. data transfers - sources

20 January 2016

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"European Union privacy regulators are leaning towards the restriction of personal data transfers to the United States because of the risk of U.S. surveillance, two sources familiar with the matter said on Wednesday.

EU data protection authorities are finalising their position on data transfers to the United States after a top EU court last year struck down the Safe Harbour system, used by thousands of businesses to easily transfer data across the Atlantic, because the data were not protected enough from any U.S. snooping."

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