Politico reports on the long and strenuous negotiations to come up with a new trans-Atlantic data transfer agreement between the EU and U.S. In a report sourced by 10 of the deal’s negotiators, who remain anonymous, a breakthrough phone call came late last Tuesday night by U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry to the European Commission’s first Vice President Frans Timmermans. The report also details the roles played by the European Commission’s Vera Jourová and U.S. Department of Commerce Secretary Penny Pritzker and how Jourová and her team came up with the Privacy Shield title. Meanwhile, Jourová took to Twitter this morning to announce that texts for the agreement are now being finalized and will be presented in the second half of February. She also said adoption by the U.S. of the Judicial Redress Act is key.
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