Data privacy and data protection: US law and legislation white paper

Data privacy laws and legislation are in the news these days for a variety of reasons, and in a variety of countries. For example, a heated debate about data privacy is currently going on between the European Union (EU) and the United States (US) over something called the Privacy Shield. This is a new ‘Safe Harbor’ arrangement intended to maintain ‘transatlantic data flows’ by assuring Europeans that their privacy rights will not be negatively impacted if their data is transferred to the US (for example, when Europeans do business with American companies).



Data privacy and data protection: US law and legislation white paper