Europeans descend on DC to probe privacy under Trump

Published September 16, 2017 4:01am ET



European officials are visiting the U.S. next week to review an economically significant agreement that allows American companies to handle European data, with privacy advocates pointing at the Trump administration as a reason to rethink the deal.

The Privacy Shield framework was forged in July 2016 after a European court struck down a previous outline of transatlantic privacy principles in the wake of disclosures about U.S. mass surveillance programs.

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