Earlier this week, U.S. Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo issued a statement in a press release detailing recent developments in the United States’ and European Union’s joint effort for data privacy.
Raimondo noted in the statement from the U.S. Department of Commerce that the two parties have put in a lot of effort to put together the framework.
“This represents the culmination of months of significant collaboration between the United States and the EU and reflects our shared commitment to facilitating data flows between our respective jurisdictions while protecting individual rights and personal data,” the secretary said in the July 3 statement.
In the statement, Raimondo also outlined some of the safeguards that have been put in place as part of the data privacy framework between the two entities.
“Attorney General Merrick Garland designated the EU and the three additional countries making up the European Economic Area (EEA) as ‘qualifying states’ for purposes of implementing the redress mechanism established under Executive Order (EO) 14086 on Enhancing Safeguards for United States Signals Intelligence Activities,” she said in the statement.
Additionally, Raimondo pointed out that the designation will go into effect once an adequacy decision is enacted by the European Union for the EU-U.S. Data Privacy Framework (DPF).
“The Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI) confirmed that the U.S. Intelligence Community has adopted its policies and procedures pursuant to EO 14086,” the secretary said in the statement.
Raimondo stated that strengthened safeguards will help the EU reach an adequacy decision on the framework.
“Taken together, the strengthened safeguards for signals intelligence activities established in EO 14086, designation of the EU/EEA as qualifying states by the Attorney General, the adoption of the Intelligence Community’s implementing procedures, and the updated EU-U.S. Data Privacy Framework Principles will enable the EU to move forward with adoption of an adequacy decision for the EU-U.S. DPF,” she said in the statement.
