Internet Privacy – We Have a (Tentative) Deal with Europe
On February 2, 2016, a day after the European Union (EU) deadline had passed, the US and the European Union announced a deal on the methods by which US businesses can gather personal customer information from across the Atlantic without violating EU regulations on internet privacy.
Internet Privacy – Europe Rejects US Safe Harbor Standards as Inadequate
In early October, the European Court of Justice, an EU tribunal, declared that the US Department of Commerce safe harbor standards for ensuring internet privacy were insufficient under EU law.