Re:Use of Google Analytics declared illegal by French data p...
by viro on Thursday February 10, 2022 @09:42AM
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> So, basically, the US security services can hoover up data about EU citizens, and those EU citizens aren't allowed any legal redress about it. Which, unsurprisingly, they aren't okay with.
Nothing about this stops that. Like I said to the other person this is protectionism. Requiring every US-based tech company to duplicate its infrastructure in the EU, Which in turn gives EU competitors an unfair advantage.
The decision is here: https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/en/TXT/?uri=CELEX:62...
And it's all about warrantless surveillance.
"As regards the limits on intelligence activities, the referring court emphasises the fact that non-US persons are covered only by PPD‑28, which merely states that intelligence activities should be ‘as tailored as feasible’. On the basis of those findings, the referring court considers that the United States carries out mass processing of personal data without ensuring a level of protection essentially equivalent to that guaranteed by Articles 7 and 8 of the Charter."
and
"As regards judicial protection, the referring court states that EU citizens do not have the same remedies as US citizens in respect of the processing of personal data by the US authorities, since the Fourth Amendment to the Constitution of the United States, which constitutes, in United States law, the most important cause of action available to challenge unlawful surveillance, does not apply to EU citizens."
So, basically, the US security services can hoover up data about EU citizens, and those EU citizens aren't allowed any legal redress about it. Which, unsurprisingly, they aren't okay with.