Wednesday, October 8, 2014

EU Justice Nominee Notes Data Protection, U.S.-EU Safe Harbor at Nomination Hearing

The European Union's incoming commissioner with responsibility for data protection Oct. 1 said she would press for rapid completion of the bloc's data protection overhaul and would “not make any concession” in discussions with the U.S. on protecting privacy in the transfer of EU citizens' data for law enforcement purposes.

At a confirmation hearing in front of three European Parliament committees, former Czech Regional Development Minister Vera Jourová added that possible release to the U.S. National Security Agency of data transferred by companies to the U.S. under the U.S.-EU Safe Harbor Program is “the most complex topic I have ever encountered.”

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