The European Commission launches the EU-US Privacy Shield: stronger protection for transatlantic data flows

This agreement lays down the conditions for transatlantic data flows between companies in the European Union and the United States, delivering the same guarantees as those offered by European legislation and satisfying the requirements identified by the Court of Justice of the European Union in its judgment of 6 Octo- ber 2015, which quashed the previous Safe Harbour scheme. This agreement also includes certain assurances and safeguards to avoid massive surveillance of European citizens’ data by US intelligence services…