On Thursday 5 July MEPs adopted the draft resolution drawn up by Claude Moraes (S&D, United Kingdom), which concludes that the transatlantic data protection mechanism, the Privacy Shield, provides an insufficient level of protection for European citizens.
The resolution was adopted by 303 votes, with 223 against with 29 abstentions. It confirms the request to suspend the Privacy Shield unless the US authorities fully comply with it.
Attempts by the EPP to water down the resolution were...