Developing A Sustainable EU-U.S. Privacy and Data-Sharing Regime
In: The Human Program. A Transatlantic AI Agenda for Reclaiming Our Digital Future.
The European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) of 2018, which was born out of heated discussions of privacy rules in various EU countries and after repeated amendments to existing regulations, sets a high bar for the treatment of customer and patient data. It also offers inspiration and ideas for developing global privacy laws, privacy tech, and regulations, which this paper will explore.
This paper considers the prospects for a privacy and data-sharing regime suited to the digital age that could become a role model for the world. The need for a new data-protection agreement between the EU and U.S. has taken on some urgency since the European Court of Justice (ECJ) ruled in July 2020 that the “Privacy Shield” program regulating data transfers with the United States did not adequately protect users’ information.
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