On 12 June 2018, the Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs Committee (the ‘Committee’) of the European Parliament passed a Resolution, with a vote of 29 votes in favour, 25 opposed and 3 abstentions, calling on the European Commission to suspend the EU-US Privacy Shield arrangement (‘Privacy Shield’).
The Resolution calls for the international data transfer framework to be suspended unless the US demonstrates compliance by 1st September 2018, since it ‘fails to provide enough data protection for EU citizens.
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