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16 March 2016

EU-US Privacy Shield

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On 29 February 2016, the European Commission approved a new package of legal texts on transatlantic data flows to be known as the «EU-US Privacy Shield».
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On 29 February 2016, the European Commission approved a new package of legal texts on transatlantic data flows to be known as the «EU-US Privacy Shield». The aim of this new package is to facilitate the transfer of personal data between the European Union and the USA while, at the same time, ensuring an appropriate level of protection for European citizens when personal data is processed by companies based in the USA.

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