EU Privacy Chiefs to Mull U.S. Data Transfer Future

By Donald Aplin, Bloomberg BNA

U.S. companies should soon gain much-needed guidance on how to lawfully comply with European Union data transfer law in the aftermath of the invalidation of the U.S.-EU Safe Harbor Program.

The Article 29 Working Party, an advisory group to the European Commission that is made up of representatives from the data protection authorities of the 28 EU member states, is slated to meet in Brussels Oct. 15 to consider offering official guidance to companies reeling from the sudden demise of the program.

The EU’s top court, the European Court of Justice, Oct. 6 held that ...