European Union:
EU And U.S. Establish Arbitration Mechanism Under Privacy Shield
27 September 2017
by
Daniel J. McLoon
,
Mauricio Paez
,
Richard Johnson
,
Jonathon Little
,
Kevin Lyles
,
Todd McClelland
,
Jeff Rabkin
,
Lisa M. Ropple
,
Adam Salter
,
Michiru Takahashi
,
Undine Von Diemar
,
Olivier Haas
,
Jörg Hladjk
and
Anand Varadarajan
Jones Day
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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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