Retailers to Meet With US, EU on Data Flows Security

The National Retail Federation and member companies will meet with senior U.S. and EU officials this week to discuss operational and legal challenges involved with protecting consumer and employee information in trans-Atlantic data flows, the NRF said Wednesday. “Retail is global, and retailers want to be sure consumer and employee data is properly protected when transferred from Europe to the U.S.,” said Senior Policy Counsel Paul Martino. NRF and Brussels-based EuroCommerce were due to hold their fifth annual joint meeting virtually with senior officials of the European Commission and the European Data Protection Board Wednesday and Thursday. On Friday, NRF and U.S. retailers will meet virtually with officials and staff from the U.S. Mission to the European Union and the Commerce Department, it said. Meetings will build on work begun last year after the EU-U.S. Privacy Shield was invalidated by EU’s highest court (see 2007300028).