The EU–U.S. Privacy Shield

Cross-border personal data transfer is governed by various mechanisms, including the EU-U.S. Privacy Shield. The Privacy Shield was negotiated following the U.S.-EU Safe Harbor Framework. It includes various safeguards pertaining to national security and law enforcement data access. In order to transfer data from the European Union to the United States in compliance with EU data protection requirements, U.S. companies must be subject to the jurisdiction of the Federal Trade Commission or the Department of…

Richard Newman