Facebook case may force European firms to change data storage practices
The Luxembourg court found the Safe Harbor agreement between the US and Europe, which gives spies access to huge banks of data, does not stop watchdogs from investigating complaints or bar them from suspending the transfers.
The arrangement allows the NSA to use the Prism surveillance system – revealed by the Guardian from documents leaked by Snowden – to wade through billions of elements of personal data, communication and information held by nine internet companies.
The opinion states that the commission’s past decision on Safe Harbor within the US is invalid. It said internet users in Europe have no effective judicial protection while the large-scale data transfers are happening.
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