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Charlie Taylor: Transatlantic data transfer drama is likely to drag on for some time yet

The EU-US Data Privacy Framework promises to end years of legal limbo for firms like Google and Facebook, but data privacy campaigners say it doesn’t go far enough

Max Schrems, Austrian lawyer and privacy advocate (left): ‘The latest deal is not based on material changes, but political interests’. Picture: Collins

There was a warm welcome last week to news that the European Union and the US had finally reached agreement on a new transatlantic data transfer regime. The EU-US Data Privacy Framework, if adopted, ends several years of legal limbo for companies such as Google and Facebook.

The latter will be particularly relieved to see it come into force, given it should mean that its parent, Meta, no longer needs to abide by the Data ...