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The Privacy Shield website is now available at www.privacyshield.gov

The site provides additional information to assist stakeholders to understand the Framework and to help U.S. organizations prepare to self-certify to the Framework. Commerce began accepting certifications at https://www.privacyshield.gov on August 1, 2016.

For questions and assistance, please call the Privacy Shield team at 202-482-1512 or submit an assistance request on our website at https://www.privacyshield.gov/assistance

 

"​The EU-U.S. Privacy Shield is a tremendous victory for privacy, individuals, and businesses on both sides of the Atlantic." - U.S. Secretary of Commerce Penny Pritzker

‎The Privacy Shield Framework provides a set of robust and enforceable protections for the personal data of EU individuals.

Adequacy Decision and Annexes

Read Secretary Pritzker's statement (February 29, 2016)

External resource: 

Press Release from the European Commission on the EU-U.S. Privacy Shield (Feb 29, 2016)

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Source URL: https://2014-2017.commerce.gov/page/eu-us-privacy-shield

Links:
[1] https://2014-2017.commerce.gov/page/eu-us-privacy-shield
[2] https://2014-2017.commerce.gov/node/1823#comment-form-collapsed
[3] https://2014-2017.commerce.gov/categories/data
[4] https://2014-2017.commerce.gov/categories/trade-and-investment
[5] https://2014-2017.commerce.gov/tags/eu-us-privacy-shield
[6] https://2014-2017.commerce.gov/tags/digital-economy
[7] https://2014-2017.commerce.gov/media/photo/privacyshieldjpg
[8] https://www.privacyshield.gov
[9] https://www.privacyshield.gov/assistance
[10] https://2014-2017.commerce.gov/news/press-releases/2016/02/statement-us-secretary-commerce-penny-pritzker-release-eu-us-privacy
[11] http://ec.europa.eu/justice/data-protection/files/privacy-shield-adequacy-decision_en.pdf
[12] http://europa.eu/rapid/press-release_IP-16-433_en.htm