On June 14, the European Commission and the U.S. Department of Commerce ("DoC") agreed to an arbitration mechanism that Europeans whose personal data has been transferred to certified U.S. companies may invoke if they believe their data protection rights under the Privacy Shield have been infringed. For the mechanism to become fully operational, the Commission and the DoC must agree on a list of arbitrators.
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