A German privacy regulator June 6 fined three international companies for allegedly unlawfully transferring data to the U.S. in a show of enforcement force after the invalidation of the .
According to Bloomberg News, the data protection authority (DPA) of Hamburg fined consumer goods maker Unilever 11,000 euros ($12,505), software company Adobe Systems Inc. 8,000 euros ($9,094) and fruit juice maker Punica—which is owned by PepsiCo Inc.—9,000 euros ($10,220). The DPA alleged that the three international companies with German operations failed properly ensure the privacy for employee and customer data transferred to the U.S.
With the old approved data transfer ...
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