Privacy Shield gives businesses a legal way to gather Europeans’ personal data and transfer it to U.S. servers. It replaces a previous, similar arrangement called Safe Harbor, which the European Court of Justice struck down in October. Privacy rights groups have already promised to fight the new agreement on the grounds that it doesn’t do enough to protect Europeans’ privacy. Technology giants, including Apple, Cisco, Dropbox, Google, Microsoft, Samsung and Sony, have applauded the new deal. So far, it’s not clear if the new arrangement does so close enough to alleviate critics’ concerns.”]
Source: https://www.cuinfosecurity.com/europes-new-privacy-shield-will-hold-a-9261