Commerce launches website for Privacy Shield certification

The Commerce Department on Wednesday launched a website to allow companies to apply for certification under the Privacy Shield agreement with the European Union.

The department had earlier announced that the certification process for transatlantic data flows would begin Aug. 1.

The Privacy Shield agreement unveiled in February was officially adopted by the EU on July 12 to replace the Clinton-era Safe Harbor arrangement for data security privacy protections after an European court last October struck down as...