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EU issues guidance on transatlantic data transfers

Xinhua, November 7, 2015 Adjust font size:

The European Commission on Friday issued guidance on transatlantic data transfer to ensure a higher level of data protection for EU citizens.

According to the main points of the guidance, the Safe Harbor arrangement which sets out rules for transferring personal data from the EU to non-EU countries can no longer serve as a legal basis for transfers of personal data to the United States.

The commission will continue and finalize negotiations with the U.S. authorities for a "renewed and sound" framework for transatlantic transfers of personal data, which must meet the requirements identified in the court ruling on Oct. 6, notably as regards limitations and safeguards on access to personal data by U.S. public authorities.

"We need an agreement with our US partners in the next three months. The Commission has been asked to take swift action: this is what we are doing," European Commission vice-President Andrus Ansip, responsible for the Digital Single Market, said in a statement.

On Oct. 6, the Court of Justice declared in the Schrems case that the commission's Safe Harbor arrangement was invalid. The ruling confirmed the commission's approach to review the Safe Harbor arrangement so that it ensures a higher level of data protection and it stepped up talks with the U.S. authorities on a new framework. Endit