The continuation of safe harbour required substantial legal reform, by one side or the other. The legislative deadlines for that passed long ago.<p>We have to question whether the US could have done anything. The real issue seems to be pervasive unlawfulness in the US. What assurance is any new law when various agencies have demonstrated histories of breaking them so casually? I think it will take a generation or more before Europeans have any trust in US privacy laws.
Tonight the deadline set by EU data protection agencies ends.<p>On Monday it will be illegal to transfer personal data to the US for EU startups based on safe harbor. Main impact is on email marketing.<p>Currently not clear if exiting BCR and standard clauses are impacted too.<p>It might be the case that EU startups also no longer can use Google Mail or Google apps.