March 28, 2024
Daily Briefs
U.S., EU officials meet to address Privacy Shield ‘misunderstandings’
Officials from multiple U.S. agencies met Tuesday with members of a European Parliament committee to discuss the functioning of the U.S.-EU Privacy Shield, which underpins transatlantic data transfers, after a nonbinding resolution calling for suspension of the agreement passed the parliament.
James Sullivan, deputy assistant secretary for services at the Commerce Department’s International Trade Administration, said in a statement on Wednesday that Commerce, the U.S. agency responsible for administering the framework, “appreciates this opportunity to address the misunderstandings reflected in...