On December 9, 2020, the U.S. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation convened a hearing entitled “The Invalidation of the EU-US Privacy Shield and the Future of Transatlantic Data Flows”. The hearing: Explored policy issues that led to the Court of Justice of the European Union’s invalidation of the Privacy Shield in the Schrems II ruling; Examined the impact of the Schrems II ruling on U.S. businesses engaging in transatlantic digital commerce; and Examined steps that the U.S. Government is taking to [...]

On December 9, 2020, the U.S. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation convened a hearing entitled “The Invalidation of the EU-US Privacy Shield and the Future of Transatlantic Data Flows”. The hearing: Explored policy issues that led to the Court of Justice of the European Union’s invalidation of the Privacy Shield in the Schrems II ruling; Examined the impact of the Schrems II ruling on U.S. businesses engaging in transatlantic digital commerce; and Examined steps that the U.S. Government is taking to [...]

On December 9, 2020, the U.S. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation convened a hearing entitled “The Invalidation of the EU-US Privacy Shield and the Future of Transatlantic Data Flows”. The hearing: Explored policy issues that led to the Court of Justice of the European Union’s invalidation of the EU-US Privacy Shield in the Schrems II ruling; Examined the impact of the Schrems II ruling on U.S. businesses engaging in transatlantic digital commerce; and Examined steps that the U.S. Government is taking [...]