Five tips for EU-U.S. data transfers post-Privacy Shield
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Neil Hodge2020-08-04T15:21:00
As the fallout from the demise of the Privacy Shield continues to play out, here are a handful of steps companies can take to protect themselves from potential GDPR violations when transferring data between the European Union and the United States.
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