US Sees New EU Data-sharing Pact Within Reach

A new transatlantic data-sharing agreement is within reach after the "Safe Harbor" deal used by thousands of companies to comply with EU privacy law was struck down by the highest EU court this month, U.S. Secretary of Commerce Penny Pritzker said. The so-called "Safe Harbor 2.0" agreement currently being negotiated would meet European concerns about the transfer of data to the United States, Pritzker told journalists in Frankfurt on Thursday during a visit to...

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