EU-US Umbrella Agreement on data protection

In order to strengthen safeguards for the protection of personal data exchanged between EU and US law enforcement authorities and to facilitate reciprocal cooperation, the Umbrella Agreement was signed in June 2016. Its conclusion and adoption by the Council of the European Union needed the European Parliament's consent, which was to be voted in the Plenary II in the last week of November 2016.

• Primary Source

ESO: Background information: European Commission launches EU-U.S. Privacy Shield: stronger protection for transatlantic data flows http://www.europeansources.info/record/european-commission-launches-eu-u-s-privacy-shield-stronger-protection-for-transatlantic-data-flows/

ESO: Background information: Statement by Commissioner Věra Jourová on the European Parliament consent vote on the conclusion of the EU-U.S. data protection "Umbrella Agreement" http://www.europeansources.info/record/european-parliament-supports-the-conclusion-of-the-eu-u-s-data-protection-umbrella-agreement/

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