The European Parliament Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs (LIBE) calls on the European Commission to suspend the EU-US Privacy Shield since it does not provide enough protection for EU data subjects. The United States has to comply by September 1, 2018.
According to MEPs, the EU-US Privacy Shield should also remain suspended until the US authorities comply with its terms in full.
The Privacy Shield is an agreement between the US and the EU allowing companies considered to have an adequate level of data protection to transfer personal data among the countries.
After the Facebook-Cambridge Analytica data breach, the LIBE deems that deals on transfer of personal data under the EU-US Privacy Shield fail to provide enough data protection for EU citizens.
The Civil Liberties MEPs emphasize the need for better monitoring of the agreement. US authorities should act upon such revelations without delay and if needed remove companies that have misused personal data from the Privacy Shield list.
MEPs are also worried about the recent adoption of the Clarifying Lawful Overseas Use of Data Act (CLOUD Act), a US law that grants the US and foreign police access to personal data across borders.
The LIBE’s press release EU-US Privacy Shield data exchange deal: US must comply by 1 September, say MEPs is available at http://www.europarl.europa.eu…
Originally published on Technethics on July 2018