Press Releases

The Irish High Court today granted BSA’s application to participate as an amicus curiae in the Data Protection Commissioner v Schrems and Facebook case on data transfers from Europe that rely on standard contractual clauses (SCCs). Read more

BSA welcomes the announcement of the Digital Trade Working Group within the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative. Digital trade has grown exponentially in recent years and is a critical part of our economy. Read more

BSA | The Software Alliance hailed today’s Second Circuit decision in the case of Microsoft Corporation v. United States of America, in which the court found that the Stored Communications Act does not allow US law enforcement to require US-based companies to turn over the contents of customer email stored outside the United States. Read more

In the presence of US Secretary of Commerce Penny Pritzker, EU Commissioner for Justice, Consumers and Gender Equality, VÄ›ra Jourová, signed today the Commission’s adequacy decision on the EU-US Privacy Shield, completing the EU’s long-awaited formal approval of the agreement. Read more