Lawmakers press Commerce Dept., FTC to issue post-Privacy Shield guidance

A bipartisan, bicameral group of lawmakers this week urged the Commerce Department and Federal Trade Commission to “expeditiously” issue more guidance to U.S. companies on the recent invalidation of the U.S.-EU Privacy Shield, saying that doing so would mitigate disruptions.

The European Union Court of Justice last month said Privacy Shield -- established to ensure trans-Atlantic data transfers adhered to EU privacy standards -- did not adequately protect the data of Europeans from U.S. legal activities the same way it...