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The U.S. and EU are putting the finishing touches on“Privacy Shield,” the successor to their struck-down Safe Harbor data-transfer agreement, but it’s not quite there yet. And in the meantime, companies still sending people’s personal data from the EU to the U.S. under the Safe Harbor scheme are breaking the law.
So here comes the crackdown, starting in the German city-state of Hamburg. According to local media, the Hamburg data protection authority is preparing to fine three companies for relying on Safe Harbor as the legal basis for their transatlantic data transfers. Two other firms are also under investigation.
Read the complete article at Here Comes the Post-Safe Harbor EU Privacy Crackdown