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EU-US Privacy Shield in force

19 July 2016

On 12 July 2016 the European Commission adopted the final version of the EU-U.S. Privacy Shield, which enables the transfer of personal data between the EU and the U.S. The Privacy Shield replaces the Safe Harbor arrangement, which was invalidated by the European Court of Justice in October 2015 (see our previous briefings).

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