European Commission joins Microsoft in adopting EU-US Privacy Shield

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Published onJuly 12, 2016

published onJuly 12, 2016

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The open and available information spread across the internet is always a growing concern for users and businesses. Personal and confidential information spreading through hacks or carelessness can be a very real threat. Microsoft has always maintained a stance that privacy is a fundamentalhuman rightand after the collapse of the US-EU Safe Harbour agreement last autumn, the company was quick to offer solutions to bring back safety and security. Today, the European Commission released apress releaseannouncing the official launch of the EU-US Privacy Shield.

After the European Court of Justice ruled last October that the Safe Harbour framework was invalid, a new framework was necessary to take its place with more defined requirements. The European Commission and the U.S. Government reached an official agreement on February 2, 2016 to build a framework that would better protect the personal data being transferred.

The proposal draft was submitted on February 29, 2016. Not surprisingly,Microsoft was the quickest to sign upto support the new framework just a few weeks later. After months of dedication and resolutions, the EU-US Privacy Shield was officially adopted today, July 12, 2016.

Taking a page from Microsoft’s book, the press release states that the EU-US Privacy Shield will protect the “fundamental rights of anyone in the EU whose personal data is transferred to the United States as well as bringing legal clarity for businesses relying on transatlantic data transfers.”

The EU-U.S. Privacy Shield is based on the following principles:

Yesterday, Microsoft made a statement about the decision, citing it as “an important achievement for the privacy rights of citizens across Europe and for companies across all industries that rely on international data flows to run their businesses and serve their customers.” Microsoft’s Vice President of EU Government Affairs John Frank’s full ovation for the launch of the EU-US Privacy Shield can be read on theEU Policy Blog.

Radu Tyrsina

Radu Tyrsina has been a Windows fan ever since he got his first PC, a Pentium III (a monster at that time).

For most of the kids of his age, the Internet was an amazing way to play and communicate with others, but he was deeply impressed by the flow of information and how easily you can find anything on the web.

Prior to founding Windows Report, this particular curiosity about digital content enabled him to grow a number of sites that helped hundreds of millions reach faster the answer they’re looking for.

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