UK Approves Commercial Data Transfer Deal With US

Agreement Says Organizations Don't Need to Assess Risk Before Transferring Data
The British government on Thursday signed onto a European deal easing trans-Atlantic commercial data flows with the United States, telling Parliament that the United Kingdom will accede to a Brussels-led agreement that allows American firms such as Facebook and Google to store Europeans' data.

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