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Discussion on: The EU Court of Justice invalidated the EU-US Data Protection Shield decision. Why is this important?

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We will see how this decision will be interpreted in courts. In general, GDPR was impossible to adhere to when not hosting in the EU. So the general notion to ratify other countries after vetting their according laws is the right way. As the US currently does not fulfill these requirements, but e.g. California is close to it, we will see what that means for a general assessment of US privacy laws in the eye of the EU.