A draft transatlantic data transfer framework approved in February by the European Commission and the U.S. Department of Commerce received a less-than-enthusiastic response from EU data protection authorities today, effectively giving U.S. companies little assurance as to how they can legally transfer personal data from Europe into the United States.  

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