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Harry Sintonen
@harrysintonen@infosec.exchange  ·  activity timestamp 2 days ago

A lot of services that are supposedly running in EU are currently having significant issues due to AWS US-EAST-1 being impacted. But surely this is just some dependencies that are down and all our data is really stored in EU. Right?

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millennial fulcrum
@falcennial@mastodon.social replied  ·  activity timestamp 2 days ago

@harrysintonen uh oh.

does Bezos laugh or cry while he counts other people's money I wonder

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Harry Sintonen
@harrysintonen@infosec.exchange replied  ·  activity timestamp 2 days ago

In letter, there currently is the "Transatlantic Data Privacy Framework" in place. However, the functionality of Data Protection Review Court (DPRC) in the USA is in question: "Trump then fired the Democrats in the PCLOB, leaving the five-person board with only one Republican, short of the three needed for it to formally make decisions." (*)

So, in effect, even if you were to appeal to this board, there would be no (just) recourse. In practice, there is no EU-US Data Privacy Framework in place. No one seems to care about this fact.
https://www.euractiv.com/news/deafening-commission-silence-with-no-credible-eu-us-data-oversight-left/

EDIT: 😉 PCLOB are not the same as DPRC, so supposedly DPRC should be functional, still. However, removal of any dissenting voices is worrisome to say the least. Far more detailed information how these entities interact can be found from: https://cdt.org/insights/what-the-pclob-firings-mean-for-the-eu-us-data-privacy-framework/

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What the PCLOB Firings Mean for the EU-US Data Privacy Framework

On 27 January, the Trump Administration dismissed three Democratic members of the Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board (PCLOB), an independent body responsible for ensuring transparency and accountability in U.S. surveillance practices. With the removal of these members, including the Chair, PCLOB has lost its quorum, leaving it unable to function effectively, as only one […]
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Deafening Commission silence with no credible EU-US data oversight left | Euractiv

Silence may serve the EU and the US while they pick their battles, and silence is undoubtedly good for business. But silence can’t last forever. 
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