European Commission kicks off process to implement U.S.-EU data privacy framework

The European Commission has begun the legal process necessary to implement an agreement with the United States on data privacy, taking a key step to resolve uncertainties over transatlantic commercial data flows that have alarmed business groups and flummoxed policymakers over the past seven years.

“Today, the European Commission launched the process towards the adoption of an adequacy decision for the EU-U.S. Data Privacy Framework, which will foster safe trans-Atlantic data flows and address the concerns raised by the Court...