All Eyes On The US Senate
DEC 09, 2020 | US | EUROPEAN UNION
All Eyes On The US Senate
Politico Cyber Insights, December 9, 2020
By Vincent Manancourt
Key U.S. data flows experts. . . [testify in] a blockbuster hearing on the U.S.-EU Privacy Shield data flows agreement, which was chucked out by the EU’s top court this summer because of fears over U.S. surveillance practices.
The line-up: Noah Phillips from the U.S. Federal Trade Commission; the U.S. government’s key data flows negotiator James Sullivan; Facebook’s main witness in the case that led to the Privacy Shield’s nixing, Peter Swire; software industry lobbyist Victoria Espinel; and Neil Richards, who was a witness for the Irish Data Protection Commission in the Privacy Shield case.
Original Posting: https://pro.politico.eu/news/politico-pro-cyber-insights-eccc-vote-day-facebook-fine-provision-privacy-shield-hearing
ABOUT BSA
BSA | The Software Alliance (www.bsa.org) is the leading advocate for the global software industry before governments and in the international marketplace. Its members are among the world’s most innovative companies, creating software solutions that help businesses of all sizes in every part of the economy to modernize and grow.
With headquarters in Washington, DC, and operations in more than 30 countries, BSA pioneers compliance programs that promote legal software use and advocates for public policies that foster technology innovation and drive growth in the digital economy.