Championing privacy: The EU top court's decision to strike down a transatlantic data sharing deal relied on by companies such as Facebook sends a "strong signal for fundamental rights protection in Europe," Germany's justice minister said.
LUXEMBOURG: Facebook and other Internet giants could be barred from sending European citizens’ personal information to the US after the EU’s top court struck down a key transatlantic data deal in the wake of the Edward Snowden scandal.
The landmark verdict stemmed from a case lodged by Austrian law student Max Schrems, who challenged the 2000 “Safe Harbour” agreement between Washington and Brussels on the grounds it did not properly protect European data.
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