Modest US surveillance reform to enable • Table.Briefings

By Jordan Francis

Jordan Francis promoviert derzeit an der University of Minnesota in Rechtswissenschaften. — Jordan Francis is currently pursuing a doctorate in law at the University of Minnesota.

Negotiations on a successor to the Privacy Shield are in full swing. But the basic problem remains almost impossible to solve: Without changes to the legal framework in the USA, the project will hardly be able to stand before the CJEU. Jordan Francis argues for an interim solution with comparatively minor changes.

A year and a half on from Schrems II, the US and EU are still looking for long-term solutions for transatlantic data transfers. Two ideas put forward are a comprehensive US privacy law, akin to the GDPR, and agreement on an „enhanced Privacy Shield„, by US Department of Commerce and European Commission.

Modest US surveillance reform to enable an enhanced Privacy Shield program

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