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E.U. court finds data vulnerable to U.S. spying

The E.U.'s top court ruled to invalidate an E.U.-U.S. data privacy shield on grounds it does not adequately protect against U.S. intelligence snooping.

Luxembourg's Court of Justice of the European Union
Luxembourg's Court of Justice of the European Union (AN/Valeria Fernández Astaburuaga)

The Court of Justice of the European Union ruled on Thursday to invalidate a 2016 decision by the European Commission that set up an E.U.-U.S. data privacy shield, finding it does not provide tough enough protections against any snooping by U.S. intelligence services.

The ruling by the E.U.'s top court to strike down the so-called E.U.-U.S. Privacy Shield unravels the main conduit for data transfers between the 27-nation bloc and the United States. Justices cited concerns about the far-reaching nature of U.S. surveillance in the wake of U.S. whistleblower Edward Snowden's leaks about American spying.

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