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The GDPR is part of a much longer and older saga concerning 'data sovereignty'. US courts have in the past repeatedly forced EU companies to divulge personal d
by BartjeD 3y ago
The GDPR is part of a much longer and older saga concerning 'data sovereignty'.
US courts have in the past repeatedly forced EU companies to divulge personal data and business information, in US lawsuits (discovery etc..).
The reasons the US justices always gave for allowing this, was that there were no sanctions for these EU companies making it illegal to cooperate with such judicial processes.
The GDPR expressly forbids this and also applies tough sanctions on companies and regimes that try to force it. By making it illegal to do business with such countries.
This is why Privacy Shield is so important for the US and the EU, it hashes out to what extent the US may infringe on EU data sovereignty. And vice-versa.