During the last 20 years, the state of the law regarding personal data transfers between the U.S. and Europe has undergone many changes and evolutions. Initially, the European Commission and the U.S.

The European Union (EU) and the United States (US) government have now reached an agreement in principle for a “Privacy Shield 2.0” to replace the original ...

The U.S. Supreme Court’s decision this month in FBI v. Fazaga, a case challenging FBI surveillance, will make it significantly harder for people to pursue surveillance cases, and for U.S. and European ...

For countries in the European Union, finding a way to legally transfer personal data to the US is a problem with no easy answers. There has been much talk, legal advice, technical fixes and short-term ...

Agreeing a new data transfer agreement with the US is a “high priority” for the EU, Margrethe Vestager, the bloc’s executive VP for digital strategy, said ...

The US should reform its surveillance legislation as a matter of urgency if the EU and US are to reach an agreement on transatlantic data-sharing, according to a study for an influential European ...

Since the most recent mechanism to ensure “safe” data transfers between the European Union and United States was rescinded, companies on both sides of the Atlantic have hoped a viable replacement ...