US and EU like 'two trains colliding' on privacy says activist Schrems

John Leonard
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Schrems 'pretty much done with waiting' for a resolution to the Facebook privacy case after seven years and five court cases

Privacy activist and lawyer Max Schrems has said he sees little hope for a valid replacement to Privacy Shield, the US-EU data transfer agreement that was declared as invalid by the Court of Justic...

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