President Joe Biden on Friday signed an executive order implementing a United States-European Union agreement on new cross-border data privacy protections, protections that have been on shifting sands since an international court threw out a previous agreement.
The Executive Order on Enhancing Safeguards for United States Signals Intelligence Activities (opens in new tab) (E.O.) outlines the steps the U.S. is taking under the new EU-U.S. Data Privacy Framework. The framework is essentially a data protection safe harbor for companies that agree to comply with it.
Those steps include providing companies with greater legal certainty by creating an independent and binding process for individuals who believe their personal data was collected in violation of U.S. law. It also mandates handling requirements for personal information and requires U.S. intelligence agencies to update their…
