At the very end of June, representatives of the United States and the European Commission agreed on the contents of the Privacy Shield, that is to say the rules governing data transfers to the US.
the new agreement should replace the Safe Harbor invalidated by the EU Court of justice. It should formally come into effect on July 12, a few days after being approved by Member States.
To the Vice President of the Commission, věra jourová the Privacy Shield will ensure high level of protection for individuals and legal security for companies. “for the representative of the EU executive, the companies processing data will be subject to stricter requirements.
Věra Jourová wants the vote of the member states “a strong sign of confidence.” Reuters, however, that all countries have approved the text, Austria, Slovenia, Bulgaria and Croatia have preferred to abstain.
Austria and Slovenia in fact believe that the Privacy Shield does not provide sufficient guarantees in terms of protection of privacy of citizens. businesses, meeting within DigitalEurope, they have welcomed this agreement.
They believe that the final text contains improvements over the one presented in February, including by providing more clarity on data retention and obligations governing transfers data to third countries.
the European protection authorities, Article 29, should now examine the finalized version of the Privacy Shield and an opinion. In April, they had made a first analysis, noting “improvements”, but also shortcomings.
“We believe there is still work to do. We ask the Commission to move forward and provide clarification,” commented the president of the G29, Isabelle Falque-Pierrotin. This work has he been achieved? Above all, he will be strong enough to escape an invalidation by Cuje? Reply in a few years.
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