On June 15, 2016, the U.S. Department of Commerce’s National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) issued its facial recognition best practices, which were developed by a multi-stakeholder group convened by NTIA. The best practices document, titled “Privacy Best Practice Recommendations for Commercial Facial Recognition Use,” is intended to be a code of conduct
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EU and US agree to new safe harbor data transfer pact
By Linn Foster Freedman on
Posted in Data Security, Safe Harbor
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.…