EU Court Blocks Data Pact Amid Fears Over U.S. Surveillance
- EU court gives binding ruling on essential data-transfer tools
- Privacy activist Schrems in 2015 torpedoed Safe Harbor accord
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The European Union’s top court struck down a key method used by Facebook Inc. and other companies to transfer data across the Atlantic amid fears over potential U.S. surveillance.
Thursday’s decision by the EU Court of Justice on the so-called Privacy Shield means thousands of businesses that ship commercial data to the U.S. risk turmoil in their day-to-day activities.