Privacy

Privacy Shield: a new regime for international data transfers

Posted: 02/09/2016 - 01:43

The basis upon which European businesses are able to send personal data outside of Europe – and, especially, to the United States – has recently been the subject of intense scrutiny and negotiation between the EU Justice Commissioner and the US Department of Commerce. The outcome seems to be that EU businesses are allowed to send data to the US, but it’s useful to understand the background and what has been agreed.

Two very different things set the backdrop to last week’s EU/US agreement.

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