Law360, New York ( May 5, 2015, 10:21 AM EDT) -- Following the revelations by Edward Snowden regarding the U.S. government's mass surveillance programs, European Union lawmakers and data privacy advocates have stepped up efforts to increase data protection measures for EU citizens. One program that became an immediate target for attack was the U.S.-EU Safe Harbor Program. EU law allows companies to transfer EU citizens' personal data outside of the EU only to countries deemed to have an "adequate" level of privacy protection. Because the EU does not feel that U.S. privacy protection laws are "adequate," the Safe Harbor permits companies to transfer EU citizen data to the United States only if those companies voluntarily certify that they comply with certain data protection standards....
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