{"id":17370,"date":"2016-02-03T21:52:20","date_gmt":"2016-02-04T02:52:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=17370"},"modified":"2016-02-03T21:52:20","modified_gmt":"2016-02-04T02:52:20","slug":"new-transatlantic-data-transfer-deal-sealed-with-written-assurances-of-us-spying-limitations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=17370","title":{"rendered":"New transatlantic data transfer deal sealed with \u2018written assurances\u2019 of US spying limitations"},"content":{"rendered":"

New transatlantic data transfer deal sealed with \u2018written assurances\u2019 of US spying limitations<\/a><\/h3>\n
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The US and the EU have agreed on new rules for sharing personal data across the Atlantic that will allegedly better protect Europeans\u2019 privacy from US intelligence agencies after the previous Safe Harbour mechanism was deemed inadequate.<\/div>\n
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\u201cWe have agreed with our US partners a new framework that will ensure the right checks and balances for our citizens,\u201d<\/em>\u00a0said digital commissioner Andrus Ansip at a\u00a0press conference\u00a0<\/a>in Strasbourg. The vital deal, called the ‘Privacy Shield’ was reached months after the so-called Safe Harbour agreement was annulled by the European Court of Justice (ECJ) in October last year.<\/p>\n

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