The European Commission today finalized its approval of the EU-US Data Privacy Framework, in the latest step in a lengthy effort to harmonize the two sets of laws and allow for cross-border data transfer, but critics say that it is likely to face the same legal challenges that have caused previous agreements to founder.
The Commission’s president, Ursula von der Leyen, said that the ratification of the framework should provide “legal certainty” to transatlantic businesses, and called the commitments “unprecedented.”
