The U.S. Federal Trade Commission this month brought its first cases enforcing the EU-U.S. Privacy Shield, which was put in place last year to replace the U.S.-EU Safe Harbor framework.
In separate complaints, the FTC alleged that three U.S. companies violated the FTC Act by falsely claiming that they were certified to participate in the EU-U.S. Privacy Shield, which allows companies to transfer consumer data from EU member states to the United States in compliance with EU law. Those three companies are HR software company Decusoft; printing services company Tru Communication; and Md7, which manages real estate leases for wireless companies.
