EU reaches a final deal with the US A preliminary deal struck by European Commission President Ursula van der Leyen with President Biden was turned into a final deal yesterday after EU ministers had already approved the deal last weekend. Companies can freely exchange data between the EU and the US. EU-US data The Privacy […]
Companies are allowed to store our data back in the US: What you need to know | Technology
The EU and the US have reached a new agreement on sharing data on Europeans. This allows companies to store our data back on US servers. Wat is er aan de hand? De Europese Commissie heeft een nieuw privacyverdrag aangenomen, het EU-VS-kader voor gegevensbescherming. Daarmee moeten gegevens van Europese burgers veilig in de Verenigde Staten […]
Data transfer to the US is allowed again
Author article Thiem Van Horn Published July 11, 2023 Last modified July 11, 2023 In July 2020, the Court of Justice of the European Union issued a landmark ruling: Schrems II. The court ruled that data transfers from the EU to the US were not sufficiently secure under the existing arrangement between […]
Key US interests ahead of NATO summit: Don’t automatically support Ukraine
EPAUS President Joe Biden arrived in Vilnius for the NATO summit Today, 21:33•Edited Today, 22:07 Rose Verbrugge Editor’s Bureau Washington Rose Verbrugge Editor’s Bureau Washington For US President Biden, tomorrow’s NATO summit in Vilnius will be about a new map for Ukraine. While support for Ukraine remains substantial in the United States, despite Biden announcing […]
EU and US conclude privacy deal: Our data may go to US servers
The European Union and the United States reached a final agreement on Monday on the exchange of data from Europeans. This makes it possible to transfer personal data from the EU back to the US. Article continued after advertisement After years of negotiations, European Commission President Ursula van der Leyen today signed a new privacy […]
America destroyed the last chemical weapons Abroad
President Joe Biden has announced that the United States has destroyed the last of its chemical weapons. The United States is a signatory to the Chemical Weapons Convention, which has been in force since 1997, and must therefore destroy its chemical weapons by September 30, 2023. The remaining stockpiles were destroyed at chemical weapons depots […]
USA destroys last stockpile of own chemical weapons | Abroad
President Joe Biden has announced that the United States has destroyed the last of its chemical weapons. The Americans are signatories to the Chemical Weapons Convention, which has been in force since 1997, and are therefore obligated to destroy their chemical weapons before September 30, 2023. The remaining stockpiles were destroyed at chemical weapons depots […]
The US Treasury Secretary is cautiously optimistic after a visit to China
EPAYellen in Beijing NOS news•Today, 04:11 There are “significant differences of opinion” between the US and China, although “the world is big enough for both countries to thrive”. US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said. Yellen spoke to reporters at the end of a multi-day working visit to China, where she spoke with top Chinese officials. […]
The US continues to replenish strategic oil reserves
International•8 Jul ’23 at 10:45Author of the book: AP The US government will continue to replenish America’s strategic oil reserves. Those stocks have fallen to a 40-year low since President Joe Biden released 180 million barrels from those reserves last year because of the war in Ukraine. The US government will continue to replenish America’s […]
The US has finally destroyed its chemical weapons
ReutersChemical weapons decommissioned site in Kentucky NOS news•Today, 06:15 President Biden has announced that the United States has destroyed the last of its chemical weapons. These include nerve gas missiles stored at a military base in Kentucky. Destruction is an extension of the Chemical Weapons Convention that came into force in 1997. In it, the […]