After all of the GDPR compliance assessments, implementation and hullaballoo in the last year or so, many companies chose to certify that they are compliant with the EU-U.S. Privacy Shield framework rather than implementing a full-blown GDPR compliance program.

To attain Privacy Shield certification, companies must submit an application and certify that when consumer data

The U.S. Department of Commerce and the European Commission announced on Tuesday that they have entered into a new transatlantic safe harbor transfer agreement, which comes two days after the deadline set by EU data protection authorities.

The pact, according to the EU Commission, known as the EU-U.S. Privacy Shield, includes stronger obligations for U.S.