Following the EU Court decision on Safe Harbour earlier this week, whereby EU-US data transfers are 'invalid' if made under the 'safe harbour' regime, our solicitor has advised that where a cloud arrangement includes the Model Clauses, then the ruling should have limited immediate impact.
You can find Box's official statement to the ECJ ruling from the 6th October here: https://cloud.box.com/s/2ldg0duwdqemetij50fuk1u4ontsqyfk
Box has said:
The file sync and share service provides a dynamic purchasing system (DPS) framework allowing a number of suppliers to offer cloud based data storage services which include the ability to share files by the exchange of hyperlinks and for data owners to synchronise files across multiple devices so as to have their data available anywhere at any time.
The service requirement was divided into four lots.
The Court of Justice of the EU made a judgement recently on 'Safe Harbour' arrangements for the transfer of personal data from the EEA to the USA. Our legal advisers have produced a note about that ruling.
A list of the current suppliers on the File Sync and Share DPS
We are pleased to confirm that Q Associates are now a supplier on the File Sync and Share DPS and they are on Lots 1, 2, 3 & 4.
Website: http://www.qassociates.co.uk/
We are pleased to confirm that Capito are now a supplier on the File Sync and Share DPS and they are on Lots 1, 2, 3 & 4.
Website: www.capito.co.uk
Dear Jigisha,
Good news to see to another supplier on board in the form of Q Associates. Is there likely to be anymore in the future? Particularly those that offer encryption before going off to the cloud like Wuala?
Mally