Privacy Shield: opinion European Data Protection Supervisor

Following the publication by the European Commission of the draft adequacy decision on the EU-U.S. Privacy Shield and related documents, the Article 29 Working Party has conducted its assessment in light of the applicable EU data protection legal framework as set out in Directive 95/46/EC, as well as the fundamental rights to private life and data protection as enshrined in Article 8 of the European Convention on Human Rights and Articles 7 and 8 of the Charter of Fundamental rights of the European Union.

Article 29 Working Party on the EU - U.S. Privacy Shield draft adequacy decision. Read the opinion and the statement.