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Privacy Shield Revisions Fail to Satisfy Legal Requirements

A revised draft of the Privacy Shield included some modifications on the scope of US bulk data collection, the role of the "ombudsperson," and data erasure but fails to resolve flaws previously identified by European data protection authorities and the European Data Protection Supervisor. EPIC and an international coalition of NGOs previously called for substantial changes in the Privacy Shield to respect the fundamental rights to privacy and data protection.


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