One of the core principles of the EU-US Privacy Shield ("Privacy Shield")

is its Joint Review mechanism, which obliges the European Commission, the US

Department of Commerce and the Federal Trade Commission to jointly review the

functioning of the Privacy Shield on an annual basis, together with its

national security and law enforcement aspects. The very first Joint Review is

scheduled for September 2017. This first review is considered especially

important, as it will be the first opportunity for US and EU regulators to

closely analyse the operation of the Privacy Shield, address possible concerns

about its functioning, and seek to ensure that the Privacy Shield continues to

be a valid legal basis for transfers of personal data from the EU to the US.

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