Details Of The EU-U.S. Privacy Shield Framework Unveiled

The content of the Privacy Shield was made public yesterday and today.

The new framework dedicated to the EU / US flow of personal data is in fact a combination of several documents issued by the US and the EU.

On the US side, we have a letter sent by the U.S. Secretary of Commerce Penny Pritzker on 23 February 2016 to EU Commissioner Věra Jourová including the "package of EU-US Privacy Shield materials" (of 128 pages) which is made of 6 letters issued by various US officials (see details at the end of this article).

On the EU side, we have several documents issued by the EU Commission, namely:

• the draft adequacy decision;
• Frequently Asked Questions and
• a communication from the EU commission to the EU Parliament and the Council entitled "Transatlantic Data Flows: Restoring Trust through Strong Safeguards".