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International Health Research after Schrems v. Data Protection Commissioner.

Year: 2016

Type: article

Abstract: On October 6, 2015, in Schrems v. Data Protection Commissioner, the European Court of Justice, the European Union's highest court, held that the fifteen-year-old Safe Harbor Framework Agreement with the United States was invalid. Under the Agreement, about 4,500 American companies each year self-certified to the U.S. Department of Commerce that they were in compliance with essential privacy protections of the E.U. and therefore it was permissible for entities in the E.U. to send personal data to these American companies. According to the court, because some American companies were making their information available to U.S. government agencies, such as the National Security Agency (N.S.A.), the fundamental privacy interests of E.U. citizens were not being protected.

Source: PubMed

DOI: 10.1002/hast.539

Author: Mark A Rothstein

Institution: University of Louisville

Language: English

Topic: Digitalization, Law, and Regulation

Subfield: Law

Field: Social Sciences

Domain: Social Sciences

SDG: Peace, justice, and strong institutions

Open Access status: green

Funder: National Human Genome Research Institute