After analyzing the Article 29 Working Party’s criticisms of the July-ratified EU-U.S. Privacy Shield, one thing is clear: It is imperative the two entities continue to work together to solidify a data-sharing scheme and work out perceived flaws, write Lorna Cropper, CIPP/E, and Alexander de Gaye in an op-ed for Bloomberg BNA. WP29 concerns surrounding the Shield’s perceived “lack of specific rules on automated decisions and of a general right to object” or its application for data processors should not prohibit a solution. “In today's global digital economy, it is inconceivable that there would not be a workable solution,” they write. “Thus the EU and U.S. need to continue to work together to strengthen and improve this transfer mechanism until its future is certain and beyond doubt as much as any framework can be.” (Registration may be required to access this story.)
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