EU, U.S. Agree On New 'Privacy Shield' To Replace Safe Harbor Framework

The United States and the European Commission this week announced that they have agreed on a new legal framework that will replace the invalidated Safe Harbor deal and allow companies to continue to transfer EU citizens' personal data to the U.S. But they did not release the legal text of their agreement and the full implementation of the framework is still roughly three months away, a senior EU official said. The new deal, dubbed the "EU-U.S. Privacy Shield," aims to...