BSA in the News

Mlex, July 17, 2020. More than two dozen business associations are calling on the US Department of Commerce to replace the now-defunct Privacy Shield with a new legal mechanism for trans-Atlantic commercial data flows. Read more

Computer Weekly, July 16, 2020. “Today’s Privacy Shield decision just removed from the table one of the few, and most trusted, ways to transfer data across the Atlantic,” said Thomas Boué, director general of the BSA. “The impacts will be felt by large and small enterprises on both side of the Atlantic, when businesses are focused on recovering from the economic impacts of Covid-19 and are increasingly relying on data-driven tools and services to do so,” he said. Read more

The Telegraph, July 16, 2020. The judgment "removed from the table one of the few, and most trusted, ways to transfer data across the Atlantic" for large and small enterprises in both the US and Europe, said Thomas Boue, director general for policy in Europe at BSA | The Software Alliance Read more

Politico Cyber Insights, July 16, 2020. Europe’s top court has struck down a data protection agreement with the US — for the second time. All eyes are now on the EU’s data protection authorities and the Commission. Read more