The future is somewhat uncertain, not least when it comes to data retention.
Privacy Shield has been heavily criticized in the past, but now the issue is even more heated, and much depends on how the EU responds to the executive order issued by President Donald Trump recently – and what it means for Privacy Shield.
The lines in the order that outrageously declare that US “agencies” should exclude non-US citizens as much as possible in their privacy policies, which has sparked heated discussions among experts in the field.
Various articles and media have addressed the subject this week, both European, American and, for example, Swedish ComputerSweden, but the European Commission claims that the order does not affect the Privacy Shield or the so-called umbrella agreement on data traffic across the Atlantic. In any case, the new US President has shown that he is not afraid to stir the pot, and demonstrated that he does not exactly handle relations with kid gloves, so we will follow developments with interest.
