The European Court of Justice has declared invalid the Safe Harbor data-transfer agreement that has governed EU data flows across the Atlantic for the last 15 years. Thousands of U.S. companies have relied on the Safe Harbor to lawfully engage in businesses in the region, as have companies in the E.U. that outsource data processing and related services to the U.S.
The decision immediately calls into question compliance by such companies with the European Data Protection Directive, and with fundamental European rights such as the right to privacy (under Article 8 of the European Convention for the Protection of Human Rights).
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