European Court of Justice strikes down Safe Harbour
Huge implications for US tech businesses such as Google and Facebook
Safe Harbour, the agreement that allows personal data to be transferred from the EU to the US for processing, has been struck down by the European Court of Justice (ECJ). The Court's ruling comes as...
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