EU-US data transfer pact faces legal hurdles

US tech firms face rising scrutiny by EU data authorities as Brussels and Washington negotiate a new pact on data flow

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  • Next steps in negotiations
  • Executive order
  • ADPPA
  • Lingering risk
  • Conflict of interest?
  • Presidential discretion
  • Shaky SCCs
  • SCCs to transfer data outside the EU need to meet strict conditions
  • EU data protection bodies

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