U.S. government seeks to intervene in Irish data protection case

The U.S. government wants to intervene in an Irish court case that has already disrupted the transatlantic flow of European Union citizens' personal information on which many businesses rely.

One of the parties to that case, Austrian Facebook user Max Schrems, is looking forward to the opportunity to have U.S. authorities questioned under oath on a matter that could determine the future of European privacy law.

The U.S. government, the American Chamber of Commerce, an Irish business lobby group, and an international software alliance told Ireland's high court on Monday that they want to be added to the case as "amicus curiae" or friends of the court.

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