EU-US Privacy Shield complaint to be heard by Europe’s top court in July

A prison problem to the EU-US Privacy Shield, a mechanism used by hundreds of businesses to authorize information transfers from the European Union to the USA, will be heard by Europe’s top court this summer time. The General Court of the EU has set a date of July 1 and a couple of to pay attention the complaint introduced [&…
A legal challenge to the EU-US Privacy Shield, a mechanism used by thousands of companies to authorize data transfers from the European Union to the US, will be heard by Europe’s top court this summer. The General Court of the EU has set a date of July 1 and 2 to hear the complaint brought [&…Original article
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