Time To Restore Trust In Data Flows Between Countries? Peter Swire Discusses Recent OECD Efforts In Developing Principles For Government Access To Data

Alston & Bird Senior Counsel Peter Swire recently published an article in Lawfare titled, "Towards OECD Principles for Government Access to Data."  Peter and his co-authors discuss recent efforts of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) to formulate common principles regulating governmental access to personal data held by the private sector for national security and law enforcement purposes. The OECD's efforts, if successful, will help restore trust in how governments access personal data in a world where transnational data flows have become indispensable.

The article summarizes the project's origins, the internal debate within the OECD drafting group, and the relationship of the project to other efforts impacting data protection and security across borders, such as the U.S.-EU negotiations on a successor to the Privacy Shield.