EU watchdogs demand revisions to Safe Harbour replacement

A panel of EU privacy watchdogs has demanded changes to a pact meant to govern cross-Atlantic data transfers.

The group urged the US and European Commission to revise and clarify several points in the proposed Privacy Shield agreement in order to safeguard EU citizens' personal information.

The Privacy Shield is meant to replace an earlier data transfer pact called Safe Harbour.

Safe Harbour was invalidated by a court decision last year.

The Article 29 Data Protection Working Party said it was still concerned about the possibility of "massive and indiscriminate" bulk collection of EU citizens' data by the US authorities.

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