U.S. Attorney General Lynch chides European decisions to restrict data sharing

U.S. Attorney General Loretta Lynch said on Wednesday she was disappointed by a European Union court decision to strike down a data transfer deal and said legislation in the European Parliament might further restrict information sharing. In a speech on counter-terrorism in London, Lynch singled out a decision by the EU's highest court in October to strike down the so called Safe Harbor deal that allowed thousands of companies to easily transfer personal data from Europe to the United States. "It