Brussels, 08/07/2016 (Agence Europe) - The Commission has indicated that on Friday 8 July, member state representatives meeting up in the so-called Article 31 group endorsed the provisions in the new transatlantic framework for the transfer of personal data, the well-known “Privacy Shield” mechanism. Austria, Romania, Bulgaria and Slovenia, however, abstained.
This mechanism will replace the former Safe Harbour system that the European Court of Justice invalidated last October because...