Thursday, February 4, 2016

Goodbye Safe Harbour, hello Privacy Shield – but what does that really mean for your data?

Privacy Shield, rebranded to prevent any association with its predecessor, is designed to offer new safeguards around access to data by public authorities and give citizens the right to take legal action against companies using their data. It will also create an independent ombudsperson role and have an annual review procedure.

The commissioner said in a press conference today that this will take just three months to implement. She also made assurances that the rules would still be suitable when new data protection regulations come into force in 2018.

Although this appears to offer some guarantee for big tech companies like Facebook, Amazon and Google that they will still be able to move data freely and therefore not have to increase costs to the public, it still has political hurdles to clear first. 

by Kirtsy Styles
read full article at The Next Web

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