The U.S.-EU negotiations for a new privacy agreement to replace the Safe Harbor provision invalidated by the Schrems decision may have hit a snag. The New York Times has reported that several national privacy regulators in EU countries have voiced displeasure that the deal with the proposed Privacy Shield does not go far enough to protect personal information of internet users in Europe. While the focus of the regulators’ ire is more generally around such Internet behemoths as Facebook and Google, this may well have serious implications for any U.S. company doing business in Europe.
