EU adopts new framework for data transfer to the US

Data transfer between Europe and the United States was deemed illegal back in 2020 by an EU Court. Now, almost three years later, the European Commission announced the adoption of a new adequacy decision, which essentially allows companies like Facebook, Google, and Apple to store data about European users on their American servers. The EU-US Data Privacy Framework introduces new binding safeguards to address all the concerns raised by the European Court of Justice, read a press release issued by the Commission. US Intelligence services still won’t be allowed to access EU data, and...