It has been months since Europe chose to form a “sacred union” against the GAFA and their omnipotence. After having made Apple bend on the question of the smartphone charging port, DMA and DCA should considerably change the way in whichGAFA controls the internet and technological tools.
According to the Reuters news agency, European legislators have reached an agreement for a law limiting access to users' personal data by powers outside the EU.
Google and Apple in the viewfinder
Today, companies like Google or Apple can report to the American government the online activities of European users. The latter's data therefore crosses the Atlantic without the institutions of the old continent having a say.
A situation which could no longer continue and which Brussels is preparing to change. Fromthe revelations of the Snowden affairand mass espionage carried out by American intelligence agencies in 2013, pressure is mounting on the White House which had a tendency to overuse the personal data of European users, without asking permission from the latter, nor informing the states of this monitoring.
The Data Act is taking shape
With the vote on March 14 for the Data Act, things are about to change and European legislators have (finally) found a common framework to enforce this new law. It must now pass through national parliaments where it can be modified on certain points and thus comply with the laws already in force in the country.
Thierry Breton welcomed the signing of this agreement in a message on Twitter. He assures that this is “another milestone” in the changes to the digital space desired by Europe.
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