In a new development demonstrating the ripple effect of the European Court of Justice’s Schrems decision, the Israeli Law, Information and Technology Authority has revoked its prior authorization to transfer data from Israel to the U.S. that relied on Safe Harbor. The announcement, which under a previous court ruling has authoritative weight, will present a significant barrier to data flows from Israel’s surging technology sector, comprising large local operations of global powerhouses such as Intel, Microsoft, Google, Facebook and HP as well as Israeli “unicorns” such as Waze, Wix and ironSource. Angelique Carson, CIPP/US, describes the decision for The Privacy Advisor.
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