Hey Paul! On 18.06.2013, at 11:48, Paul Bernal (LAW) <[email protected]> wrote: > This all needs to be viewed in the context of complex and contentious > internal wrangling within the EU over the data protection reform package. > What the PRISM saga does is strengthen the hand of those within the EU > advocating for a stronger new package, and less watering down. To an extent > this is an internal battle - and the Eurocrats don't care as much what the US > thinks. To me it's more 'Germany vs UK' than it is 'Germany vs US', if you > see what I mean.
Thanks for pointing this out, I fully agree (at least as far I'm able to understand what's going at EP). I was mainly referring to the influence of US lobbyist to weaken data protection over the last couple of months. Even if I don't trust many politicians, for me it looks like these lobbyists are out of the game for now. And there seems to be a good chance to get article 42 back. > Ultimately they know that US businesses may well ignore large swathes of the > new regulation, but they'll use that regulation for horse-trading, in the way > they've done with European competition regulation for decades. Well, if Safe Harbour dies it would have an impact for US companies (but maybe I'm just too optimistic). Cheers, fukami -- Too many emails? Unsubscribe, change to digest, or change password by emailing moderator at [email protected] or changing your settings at https://mailman.stanford.edu/mailman/listinfo/liberationtech
