European Commission Publishes Second Annual Report On EU-U.S. Privacy Shield

Following our previous blog on the upcoming second annual review of the EU-U.S. Privacy Shield, the European Commission published its report on 19 December 2018.

In its report, the Commission concludes that the level of protection for personal data transferred under the Privacy Shield from the European Union to the United States continues to be adequate.

The Privacy Shield's terms must be reviewed every year. You can find our blog post on the first annual report here.

Second annual review

The second annual review took place on 18 and 19 October 2018 in Brussels. The review was conducted against the backdrop of challenges to data privacy, abuses of personal data, and the ongoing debate about federal privacy legislation in the United States.