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Data protection group urges US-EU accord amid privacy crackdown
Published Wed, Oct 21, 2015 · 09:50 PM
New York
US AND European lawmakers are upset. And no one really knows how to respond.
The cause of the anxiety? The decision two weeks ago by Europe's highest court to strike down a 15-year-old international agreement, known as safe harbour, that had allowed companies to move digital information such as people's Web search histories between the European Union and the United States.
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