Digitalisering och AI-användning - positionspapper

A solution for handling of transatlantic data flows is urgently required

The importance of economic relations between the US and EU has taken on an extra dimension following the onset of the war in Ukraine. Therefore, a new EU-US data transfer agreement must be concluded as early as possible.

New rules for digital services

Technology, business models and societal challenges are in a constant process of evolution. The ever-widening variety of digital services is the backbone of our increasingly connected world. 

Data flows are being threatened by unrealistic regulations

Following the European Court of Justice’s annulment of the Privacy Shield with the USA, there are growing concerns over what will happen to data transfers outside the EU. Companies are now expected to make their own risk assessments of the recipient country”s privacy protection. This means that data transfers to countries outside the EU will be very costly - even potentially impossible - for many companies. The Swedish government now needs to take initiatives at EU level to find a political and legal solution.