ECJ Advocate General's opinion that Safe Harbour no longer good enough.

[pete]

(Which we've known for a while).

 

Deal allowing tech companies to transfer data between US and EU is invalid | Ars Technica

 

Ars simply because it's less likely to get blocked than El Reg.

 

CURIA - Documents

[ZeroHour]

Its pretty interesting especially with MS fighting the US Gov attempts to grab data in Ireland.

Ars is a create site for balanced reporting.

[pete]

And the survey says.......

 

Europe’s highest court strikes down Safe Harbor data sharing between EU, US | Ars Technica

 

ICO press blargh about it: https://ico.org.uk/about-the-ico/news-and-events/news-and-blogs/2015/10/ico-response-to-ecj-ruling-on-personal-data-to-us-safe-harbor/

 

Hopefully interesting times, especially the employee data implications* if you're a US firm with european offices.

 

*consent is needed to transfer data outside EU. Since continued employment depends on employee giving that consent, consent can't be considered to be freely given.