Biden signs executive order on US-EU privacy scheme
The new framework is designed to help US companies comply with Europe's GDPR regime.
US President Joe Biden signed an executive order on Friday that would limit the ability of American national security agencies to access people’s personal information, POLITICO reported. The order will form t... Read more
Norway calls for Facebook to be fined for illegal data transfers
According to Norway's data protection authority, Facebook owner Meta should be penalized for continuing to transfer Europeans' private data to the United States in contravention of an essential EU court order.
If authorities do not punish the US tech giant, there would be little or no motivation... Read more
Irish regulator may stop Facebook, Instagram Trans-Atlantic data flows this May
In an interview, Ireland's data privacy authority indicated that EU-US data transfers by Meta-owned Facebook and Instagram might be blocked as soon as May. Still, the decision would not immediately affect other large tech companies.
Due to fears that U.S. government monitoring may not respect E.... Read more
NEC contracted to build Facebook’s US-EU subsea cable
Many tech giants, it appears, are betting big on subsea cables. Facebook is the latest of the tech giants to commission the building of an ultra-high-performance fiber-optic cable connecting the US and Europe.
The social media company contracted NEC to install its cable, which will join the 1.2 ... Read more
Washington and Brussels are still not ready to close a new data deal
Depending on who you ask, the United States and European Union may or may not be close to a Transatlantic data flow deal. The answer from Washington is that the deal is close to going through. Brussels, on the other hand, is not so sure about the likelihood of reaching a deal.
Ever since the EUâ... Read more
US and EU Transatlantic data transfer talks continue
Officials from the European Union and the United States are making progress to ensure that Transatlantic data flow continues. The negotiations are important to all companies which operate in the US and EU. Also big tech vendors have to deal with these regulations.
In a report by the Wall Street... Read more
ServiceNow will facilitate European data hosting in the bloc
ServiceNow, the digital workflow company, will allow customers to request their European data be hosted and handled exclusively within the bloc. The service is designed to help customers comply with the law, the expanded existing legal parameters, and technical safeguards that are in place for data... Read more