On July 12, 2016, following the Maximillian Schrems v Data Protection Commissioner decision, the EU Commission adopted the EU-US Privacy Shield Framework as replacement for the Safe Harbor Program providing: “Member States shall provide that the transfer to a third country of personal data (by an entity) . . . may take place only if . . . the third country in question ensures an adequate level of data protection.”
Privacy Shield framework prohibits personal data (defined as: “any data that could potentially identify a specific individual”) transfers outside the European Economic Area (EEA) unless a European Commission (EC) adequacy decision or an exception applies. An “adequacy decision” is a decision adopted by the EC which establishes that a third country ensures an adequate level of protection of personal data by reason of its domestic law or the international commitments to which it has entered.
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