Switzerland Allows Personal Data Transfer to US, Mirroring EU

Switzerland has certified that the US is a country with an adequate level of data protection, allowing Swiss personal data to be transferred to certified American companies without additional guarantees.

• The new Swiss-US Data Privacy Framework will come into force on Sept. 15, the government said in a statement on Wednesday
• Companies will only be permitted to process the data for the purposes for which they were collected, disclosure to third parties is not permitted and if US authorities access personal data transferred from Switzerland, a redress mechanism will be provided: statement
• NOTE: The agreement comes after the US and ...