01/09/2016 (Agence Europe) – Since 1 August, 103 US companies have received certification under Privacy Shield, the new transatlantic mechanism for transferring personal data for commercial use. Privacy Shield was finalised on 12 July and replaces the defunct Safe Harbor mechanism, which was invalidated by the European Court of Justice in October 2015. The Court ruled that this mechanism did not protect the personal data of European citizens sufficiently. The US State Department in...