EU, US Reach New Data-Sharing Agreement

The European Union and the United States have reached a deal over trans-Atlantic data sharing that would potentially extinguish the risk of costly litigation by consumers worried about their privacy. Andrus Ansip, the European Commissioner responsible for the digital single market, said in a tweet Tuesday that a deal on concluding negotiations has been forged and that there will be a "new secure framework for data.''   Details are sketchy but could be forthcoming in an...

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