Update On EU-US Transfer Of Data And The Proposed Privacy Shield

On 29 February the European Commission released its draft adequacy decision about the proposed Privacy Shield, which is intended to replace the invalidated EU-US Safe Harbor. While Microsoft stated on April 11 that they "pledged to sign up for the Privacy Shield," the European authorities have so far been much more skeptical.

• Article 29 Working Party
  On 13 April, the Article 29 Working Party issued an opinion indicating they had strong concerns with the draft and asked the Commission to identify solutions to address them.
• European Parliament
  On 26 May, the European Parliament voted a resolution which outlined the deficiencies of the draft Privacy Shield and invited the Commission to negotiate further improvements.