Implications of new March 2022 EU, US Data Privacy Agreement

_3/25/2022

Since the EU-US Privacy Shield agreement that allowed US tech giants to store data for Europeans was struck down in 2020, technology companies have been operating in a grey area for transferring EU data to and from the US.

This morning the EU announced a new agreement on a new data transfer framework!

It could be exciting news for those of us operating with user data. It means that we can follow the new guidelines without the need to duplicate services for the European market. At least, in theory, we await the final language that will still need to go through many likely legal challenges.

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