The Court of Justice of the European Union ruled 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 on Thursday 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.
