Speech: Commissioner Jourová’s remarks on the state of play of the Safe Harbour negotiations before the Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs (Libe)

Text of a speech by Commissioner Jourová on the state of play of the Safe Harbour negotiations before the Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs (Libe) on 1 February 2016.

Ms.Jourová announced latest updates on the negotiations with the United States on a framework for transatlantic data flows and gave an overview of the key issues of the judgement, such as: the need for limitations and safeguards as regards access to data by public authorities, independent oversight and individual redress in the area of national security, resolution of individual complaints about how companies process personal data, and the need for binding commitments from the U.S. side.

• Primary Source

ESO: Background information: Commission issues guidance on transatlantic data transfers and urges the swift establishment of a new framework following the ruling in the Schrems case http://www.europeansources.info/record/press-release-commission-issues-guidance-on-transatlantic-data-transfers-and-urges-the-swift-establishment-of-a-new-framework-following-the-ruling-in-the-schrems-case/

ESO: Background information: EU and US divisions over data protection threaten agreement http://www.europeansources.info/record/eu-and-us-divisions-over-data-protection-threaten-agreement/

EurActiv, 02.02.16: Jourova defends unfinished Safe Harbour deal http://www.euractiv.com/sections/digital/jourova-defends-unfinished-safe-harbour-deal-321487

EUObserver, 02.02.16: Legal limbo as EU-US data talks drag out https://euobserver.com/justice/132092

Politico, 01.02.16: Safe harbor deal close, but not close enough http://www.politico.eu/article/safe-harbor-deal-close-but-additional-effort-needed/

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