Gary Southwell, general manager of data security company CSPi Inc., told Bloomberg BNA that the problem for the U.S. is one of perception more than legality. Trump’s March 6 executive order that appeared to remove Privacy Act protections related to the Privacy Shield is another example of the perception problem. Although the order didn’t ultimately present substantive problems, it “created initial confusion in the European Parliament” about the U.S. commitment to privacy, Southwell said.
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