US told to appoint a damn Privacy Shield ombudsperson already or EU will take action

The European Commission’s second annual review of the Privacy Shield agreement made similar noises to last year’s, concluding the deal does the trick but could be better. It said the US ensures an adequate level of protection for personal data transferred under the deal, and has made some improvements, but progress is slow and there is more work to do.

The US has been told once again to appoint a permanent ombudsperson to oversee the deal governing transatlantic data flows, but this time has been given a deadline.

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