In a letter to the European Commission, the U.S. Department of Justice said President Donald Trump's executive order on illegal immigration will neither affect the EU-U.S. Privacy Shield nor the Umbrella Agreement, Reuters reports. "Section 14 of the Executive Order does not affect the privacy rights extended by the Judicial Redress Act to Europeans," writes Deputy Assistant Attorney General Bruce Swartz. "Nor does Section 14 affect the commitments the United States has made under the DPPA (Umbrella Agreement) or the Privacy Shield." European Commissioner Věra Jourová said that she was "not worried" but "remained vigilant," the report states.
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