Technology and Data♦ Note 65 Va. J. Int’l L. 545 (2025)

The Transatlantic Data Flow Dilemma

JEFF STAUTBERG

As we text, post, purchase, and engage online, the data of our daily lives is captured, stored, and shared—often without our knowledge or consent. In response, governments across the world have taken markedly different approaches to protecting their citizens’ personal data from unauthorized collection and dissemination. This Note focuses on the efforts of the European Union and the United States to agree on a legal basis for transfers of personal data across the Atlantic.