That's one thing that the GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation)[0] which is ...

M2Ys4U on Oct 6, 2015 | parent | context | favorite | on: Europe's highest court has rejected the 'safe harb...

That's one thing that the GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation)[0] which is in the legislative pipeline at the moment is looking to fix.

The proposals include being able to levy a fine up to €1,000,000 or up to 5% of the annual worldwide turnover (whichever is greater) if they fail to comply with EU data protection rules.

[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/General_Data_Protection_Regula...

codedokode on Oct 6, 2015 [–]

Such violation would be extremely hard to prove if the data were exported to US via secure channels.