EU Lawmakers Want More Talks To Strengthen Proposed US Data Transfer Pact

EU lawmakers on Thursday urged the European Commission to continue talks to reinforce a proposed data transfer pact with the United States, saying there were still shortcomings in the agreement. From a report: The move could further delay an accord which is critical for thousands of companies. The EU executive in a draft decision in December said that U.S. safeguards against American intelligence activities were strong enough to address EU data privacy concerns. Such worries had prompted Europe's top court to strike down two previous data transfer pacts, affecting thousands of companies that move Europeans' personal data across the Atlantic for commercial use such as financial services, human resources and e-commerce. "This new proposal contains significant improvements, but unfortunately, we are not there yet," lawmaker Juan Fernando Lopez Aguilar said after the assembly voted in a non-binding resolution against the proposed pact.

If the data is shipped to the US

[Growlley]

The n the intelligence services can get it - So the protections aren't 'there' yet until it can't be sent by law.

this has to stop

[sxpert]

it's time they stop trying, this BS will never work

Hope they succeed

[Anonymous Coward]

Clearview should be very worried about the "access to justice" and "remedies" portions of these proposed changes. This will be how CNIL nails them over the current fines they're blatantly ignoring for the theft of French citizens' biometric data.

Non binding

[manu0601]

the assembly voted in a non-binding resolution against the proposed pact.

UE parliament is a very weak parliament. It cannot propose laws, it does not have the last word most of the time. Here I am not sure it can even influence the commission.

More informativ article

[Quantum gravity]

See: https://www.itgovernance.eu/bl... [itgovernance.eu]

The US has a more relaxed attitude towards data protection than the EU, granting organisations and the government greater control over the way personal information is collected and used.

The ongoing wranglings between US and EU lawmakers is bad news for any organisation whose business spans both sides of the Atlantic, and that’s a lot more common than you might think.

U.S. safeguards against intelligence activities

[terrorubic]

“The EU executive in a draft decision in December said that U.S. safeguards against American intelligence activities were strong enough to address EU data privacy concerns.”

Haaa haaar !!!