EU-US Privacy Shield faces its moment of truth

While you were tucking into your ham sarnie European Commission Věra Jourová touched down in the US to start the first annual review of the EU-US Privacy Shield.
It’s the reason why the internet giants of Silicon Valley can do business in the European bloc, or at least the reason why it can be done this easily. It’s the mechanism which allows these companies to move personal information outside of the European Union. It is the only thing which maintains the privacy a