Uncertainty currently surrounds two major tools allowing businesses to move data between the EU and the U.S., The Wall Street Journal reports. The Irish Supreme Court has recently agreed to hear an appeal by Facebook in its case concerning the legality of standard contractual clauses, while the state of the EU-U.S. Privacy Shield agreement is also up for review this fall. With the fate of the two data-transfer mechanisms unclear, privacy professionals are advising caution. “Companies need to be alert and very agile in making decisions about what mechanisms to deploy,” said Hogan Lovells Partner Eduardo Ustaran, CIPP/E. “The right protection is going to come from a combination of mechanisms.” (Registration may be required to access this story.) Editor's Note: Thomas Shaw, CIPP/E, CIPP/US, writes about the Irish Supreme Court case in this piece for Privacy Tracker.
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