http://www.theguardian.com/world/20...tems-enable-state-interference-eu-court-rules The personal data of Europeans held in America by online tech corporations is not safe from US government snooping, the European court of justice has ruled, in a landmark verdict that hits Facebook, Google, Amazon and many others. The Luxembourg-based court declared the EU-US “safe harbour” rules regulating firms’ retention of Europeans’ data in the US to be invalid, throwing a spoke into trade relations that will also impact on current negotiations on a far-reaching transatlantic trade pact between Washington and Brussels.
Report card on who has your back in the USA: THE ELECTRONIC FRONTIER FOUNDATION’S FIFTH ANNUAL REPORT ON Online Service Providers’Privacy and Transparency Practices Regarding Government Access to User Data
