By John Glenday

The European Data Protection Supervisor has come out against a proposed data transfer pact between the US and EU after claiming that the agreement in its current form is still in need of ‘significant improvements’.

Dubbed the EU-US Privacy Shield, the agreement is designed to protect personal data belonging to European citizens stored in the US, a successor to the Safe Harbor pact which was torn up in 2015 after being ruled invalid by the European Court of Justice.

Commenting on the new mechanism, European Data Protection Supervisor Giovanni Buttarelli said: “I appreciate the efforts made to develop a solution to replace Read full story ›

Source: The Drum