In cold print: Microsoft unable to guarantee European data remains within Europe

It’s not every day that Microsoft publicly admits to European data not being safe from access by US government agencies. However, that is exactly what Anton Carniaux, Microsoft France’s Director of Public and Legal Affairs, was forced to acknowledge under sworn testimony during a recent French Senate inquiry

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The CJEU overturns “Privacy Shield”. So what now?

In response to a complaint by the Austrian data rights activist Max Schrems, the Court of Justice of the European Union declared the EU-USA data protection agreement “Privacy Shield” invalid on 16 July 2020. This means that the second agreement on the protection of personal data of EU citizens in the USA has already failed after the “Safe Harbour” agreement was stopped...

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