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U.S. urges EU court not to scrap data pact, criticizes adviser
Source: Reuters
Technology | Mon Sep 28, 2015 1:20pm EDT
U.S. urges EU court not to scrap data pact, criticizes adviser
BY ALASTAIR MACDONALD
The United States criticized an EU judicial opinion on Monday that called into question the Safe Harbour transatlantic data privacy system and Washington urged European judges to reach a different conclusion.
The U.S. mission to the European Union said an opinion last week [ID:nL5N11T11L] by an adviser to the EU's top court, backing an Austrian who alleged Facebook (FB.O) passed private data to U.S. security services, "rests on numerous inaccurate assertions about intelligence practices of the United States".
The original case, brought in Ireland where Facebook and many U.S. tech firms have European headquarters, was partly based on revelations in 2013 by contractor Edward Snowden about U.S. intelligence agencies' spying on global communications.
In a statement, the U.S. mission said it was concerned about damage to trade and privacy in Europe and the United States and so urged the Court of Justice, which usually follows its advocate general's advice, to reach different conclusions when it finally rules on the case.
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U.S. urges EU court not to scrap data pact, criticizes adviser
BY ALASTAIR MACDONALD
The United States criticized an EU judicial opinion on Monday that called into question the Safe Harbour transatlantic data privacy system and Washington urged European judges to reach a different conclusion.
The U.S. mission to the European Union said an opinion last week [ID:nL5N11T11L] by an adviser to the EU's top court, backing an Austrian who alleged Facebook (FB.O) passed private data to U.S. security services, "rests on numerous inaccurate assertions about intelligence practices of the United States".
The original case, brought in Ireland where Facebook and many U.S. tech firms have European headquarters, was partly based on revelations in 2013 by contractor Edward Snowden about U.S. intelligence agencies' spying on global communications.
In a statement, the U.S. mission said it was concerned about damage to trade and privacy in Europe and the United States and so urged the Court of Justice, which usually follows its advocate general's advice, to reach different conclusions when it finally rules on the case.
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Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/09/28/us-ireland-eu-privacy-usa-idUSKCN0RS24Z20150928