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An Irish privacy advocacy group has filed a legal challenge against the US-EU Privacy Shield data transfer framework, on grounds of its allegeldy lax privacy protections. The framework, which underpins billions of dollars in trade, pierces the tough shell of EU privacy laws by allowing US businesses to ship personal data …

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  1. allthecoolshortnamesweretaken
    Coffee/keyboard

    "BAE Systems Applied Intelligence US Corp"

    See icon.

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  2. streaky

    At least...

    nobody saw this coming. Oh wait.

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  3. Doctor Syntax Silver badge

    "a widely-expected moved"

    The only surprise is that it took so long.

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