In a resolution on Thursday 11 May the European Parliament did not support the European Commission’s adequacy decision on transfers of personal data between the EU and the US (see EUROPE B13161A2). In a resolution adopted with 306 votes in favour, 27 against and 231 abstentions in plenary, MEPs acknowledged the improvements in the new framework, but deemed them insufficient to withstand legal challenges.
This is in fact the third legal framework allowing the transfer of data between the...