Extract from Linn Freedman’s article “Keep Privacy Shield Certification on the Radar Screen”
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 is transferred from the EU to a U.S. company, the transfer has been done in compliance with EU law.
