*US Cloud soon illegal? Trump punches first hole in EU-US Data Deal*
23 January 2025
/Since the Snowden disclosures we know that the US engages in mass
surveillance of EU users by scooping up personal data from US Big Tech.
The "Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board" (PCLOB) is the key US
oversight authority for these laws. US media now reports, that
Democratic members of the PCLOB got removed and their email accounts
shut down. This brings the number of appointed Members below the
threshold to have the PCLOB operate. The fact that the US President
simply removed people from an (allegedly) independent authority,
question the independence of all other executive redress bodies in the US.
The European Union has relied on these US boards and tribunals to find
that the US provides "adequate" protection of personal data. Relying on
the PCLOB and other mechanisms, the EU Commission allows European
personal data to flow freely to the US in the so-called "Transatlantic
Data Privacy Framework" (TADPF). The PCLOB is the only relevant
"oversight" element of the deal. Other elements are just acting as
recourse bodies. Thousands of EU businesses, government agencies or
schools rely on these provisions. Without the TADPF, they would need to
stop using US cloud providers like Apple, Google, Microsoft or Amazon
instantly.
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continua qui:
https://noyb.eu/en/us-cloud-soon-illegal-trump-punches-first-hole-eu-us-data-deal
