Software industry cites Privacy Shield as model for upcoming trade talks with EU

The Software and Information Industry Association is urging U.S. officials to follow Privacy Shield as a model in upcoming trade talks with the European Union, as a way to ensure cross-border data flows while complying with varying privacy and security requirements on both sides of the Atlantic.

“There are already 4,000 plus companies in the world’s largest data transfer mechanism, the EU-U.S. Privacy Shield so this should be possible,” writes SIIA in its Dec. 10 comments to the Office...