US trade chief insists Privacy Shield is safe…hopefully
The head of the US Federal Trade Commission has attempted to play down claims that the transatlantic data pact Privacy…
safe harbour
Trump executive order ‘blows hole in Privacy Shield’
Two weeks after introducing the controversial travel ban, US President Donald Trump’s latest executive order has potentially blown a huge…
Acxiom is first major player to offer Privacy Shield
Acxiom is claiming to have got one over on its rivals by announcing it has become the first major data company…
Microsoft guns for Amazon with UK data offensive
Microsoft has stolen a march on Amazon in the cloud computing market by opening up three huge data centres in…
$250bn trade threat as data transfer hell continues
Thousands of businesses are still battling with how best to transfer data across the Atlantic – despite the June agreement…
Banning transatlantic data transfers to cost £120bn
Facebook claims that a move to ban alternative transatlantic data transfer methods could cost companies tens of billions of pounds…
EU agrees Privacy Shield but UK must still toe line
Just days after the UK voted to leave the EU, Brussels and Washington have finally agreed changes to Privacy Shield,…
Transatlantic data transfers torpedoed once again
As the EU’s most senior data protection chief joins growing criticism of the proposed Privacy Shield agreement, lawyers are warning that…
UK customer data ‘is still at risk’ despite US deal
Industry experts have hit out at the new transatlantic data transfer deal – hailed as a “major achievement” by EU…
EU confirms 11th-hour deal over US data transfers
The UK data industry should be breathing slightly more easily following a last-minute deal which will permit data transfers between Europe and…