ECJ states ‘Safe Harbour is invalid’ – How to act

On the 6th of October, the European Court of Justice (ECJ) published a court ruling that could potentially have implications for organisations transferring data to the US. The ECJ has ruled that the Safe Harbour agreement is overruled by the national data protection authorities and is thus invalid.This is a result of the case against Facebook in Ireland, raised by an Austrian privacy activist. The privacy activist..