EU data protection lead: U.S. commitment to Privacy Shield is unclear
Europeans remain unsure whether the U.S. will maintain the level of protection for the data of EU citizens stipulated under the Privacy Shield agreement because the Trump administration has not reaffirmed rules put into place by the Obama administration -- and has yet to install the political appointees who would guide the issue, the European Parliament's lead member on data protection said this week. Jan Philipp Albrecht, vice chair of the committee that deals with data privacy issues, said it...