FTC Eyes Enforcement Boost for EU-U.S. Privacy Shield Data Moves (1)

The Federal Trade Commission is aiming to bring more EU-U.S. Privacy Shield enforcement actions for significant violations of the cross-border data transfer program, the agency’s consumer protection chief said April 26.

Facebook Inc., 23andMe Inc., and thousands of other U.S. companies rely on the Privacy Shield program to move EU citizen data freely from Europe to the U.S.. The Commerce Department works with the FTC to enforce data protection principles under the program to ensure companies are providing adequate privacy protections for EU citizens’ data.

The FTC reviews Privacy Shield compliance in every investigation, but has yet to hold any ...