Would you continue to use Facebook if you learned that the social network was throwing your personal information as food to the NSA? If so, it seems that you can now consider closing your account!
Indeed, in the case of the Irish CNIL concerning non-compliance with the confidentiality of personal data of European Internet users, the counsel for the European Commission said that it was better to close his Facebook page for anyone who has the desire to protect personal data. Recall that the Irish CNIL continued by Max Schrems, a pro-life activist private, which is the leader of a class action.
The personal data of unprotected Europeans monitoring
Indeed, there is an agreement between the United States and the European Union called “Safe Harbor”. This allows the export of personal data of European Internet users in exchange for a set of rules governing the protection of the latter.
But since the revelations of the Snowden case, it would appear that GAFA and Yahoo are forced to share some of this data with US government agencies like the NSA.
The Advocate General of the Cuje points the “Safe Harbor” finger
At trial which takes place before the European Court of Justice (Cuje), one of the lawyers of the European Commission, Bernard Schima has strongly questioned the safety of the “Safe Harbor”.
The lawyer even took the Advocate General of the party to Cuje advising him to “consider closing your Facebook account, if you have a” if it did not want to see personal data filer in the NSA servers. According to him, the current legislation “can not ensure adequate data protection of European citizens” . The Advocate General of the Cuje must give its verdict on June 24, at the same time, the rules governing the “Safe Harbor” are being revised.
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