EU Privacy Proposal Could Limit Data Use by Google, Facebook
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The European Commission’s call today for stronger data privacy protections could help the web’s biggest data collectors like Google and Facebook fight data requests from the U.S. government.
As expected, the Commission published a collection of recommendations for stronger data protections, including a set of guidelines for a more stringent program that has afforded U.S. firms the ability to transfer personal data across borders with legal amnesty.
The proposed changes come as a result of ongoing revelations about the National Security Administration’s controversial data surveillance programs. Among them are updates to a safe harbor agreement that has been in place since 2000. The deal enables more than 3,000 companies from General Mills to Google and Facebook to satisfy EU privacy regulations in exchange for self-certifying that they abide by certain rules.
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