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Publisher Copyright: © 2021, Alexander von Humboldt Institute for Internet and Society. All rights reserved. ; Despite efforts to mitigate European concerns over US governmental access to European data, the US regulatory framework is still problematic from a fundamental rights perspective, as elevated by the Schrems II ruling. The issues associated with transnational transfers of data have been further complicated by the European Data Protection Board's recommendations that state that EU personal data cannot be processed in the clear in third countries where public authorities demand access to data. Based on empirical case studies from the Netherlands and Sweden, the present contribution outlines possible remedies that mitigate this problem, but the fundamental issue appears unsolvable. While the US has taken steps to grant foreign nationals more rights, significant challenges remain with the US approach to mass surveillance and EU citizens' lack of judicial redress. ; Peer reviewed

Despite efforts to mitigate European concerns over US governmental access to European data, the US regulatory framework is still problematic from a fundamental rights perspective, as elevated by the Schrems II ruling. The issues associated with transnational transfers of data have been further complicated by the European Data Protection Board's recommendations that state that EU personal data cannot be processed in the clear in third countries where public authorities demand access to data. Based on empirical case studies from the Netherlands and Sweden, the present contribution outlines possible remedies that mitigate this problem, but the fundamental issue appears unsolvable. While the US has taken steps to grant foreign nationals more rights, significant challenges remain with the US approach to mass surveillance and EU citizens' lack of judicial redress.

In this article, we explore the challenge of shaping Pirate policies to match political context: how to safeguard the unity of digital rights, freedom of expression, privacy, and access while adapting to local political realities. The article examines the political programs of the Pirate Party in five countries to present a representative image of contemporary Pirate politics. The analysis shows that the Pirate Party platform has extended to more broad notions of culture, participation, and self-expression. While the trinity of digital rights persists, a process of reframing and reconfiguring Pirate politics is detectable where the political arm of the movement has gradually drifted apart from core activists holding on to the idea of preserving digital rights as a single issue.