EU-US Umbrella Agreement on data protection
At a Glance
25-11-2016
In order to strengthen safeguards for the protection of personal data exchanged between EU and US law enforcement authorities and to facilitate reciprocal cooperation, the Umbrella Agreement was signed in June 2016. Its conclusion by the Council needs Parliament’s consent, to be voted in November.
At a Glance
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- America
- bilateral agreement
- data protection
- economic geography
- EDUCATION AND COMMUNICATIONS
- FINANCE
- GEOGRAPHY
- information and information processing
- information technology and data processing
- international affairs
- INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS
- monetary economics
- multilateral surveillance
- personal data
- political geography
- POLITICS
- politics and public safety
- United States
- whistleblowing