After just two working meetings, the European Parliament and Council managed to reach an informal agreement on 19 June on the free flow of non-personal data. The new text prohibits unjustified data localisation except for public security reasons.
The Vice President responsible for the Single Digital Market, Andrus Ansip, stated,“Data localisation restrictions are signs of protectionism for which there is no place in a single market. After free movement of people, goods, services and...