EU Lawmakers Call for Suspension of EU-U.S. Data Transfer Pact

A pact aimed at facilitating data transfers from the EU to the U.S. should be suspended unless the American government fully complies by Sept. 1, a panel of European Parliament lawmakers said in a draft advisory resolution.

Members of the European Parliament’s Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs Committee approved the June 11 draft resolution on a 29 to 25 vote with 3 abstentions. To be final, the resolution must be ratified by the full European Parliament.

The pact, known as the Privacy Shield, was hammered out between the U.S. and EU and is intended to allow U.S. companies to ...