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Privacy Advocates Say , New US-EU Data Framework , Fails to Address Concerns. On July 10, the European Union signed a new agreement over data privacy and how users' personal information is transferred from the EU to the United States. NBC reports that the new EU- U.S. Data Privacy Framework is aimed at easing concerns over electronic spying by American intelligence organizations. According to the EU's executive commission, the new framework contains an adequate level of protection for users' private data. NBC reports that the framework is comparable to the bloc's data protection standards, which allows information to be transferred between the EU and U.S. without extra security. In October, U.S. President Joe Biden signed off on an executive order to implement the framework based on a preliminary agreement with European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen. In October, U.S. President Joe Biden signed off on an executive order to implement the framework based on a preliminary agreement with European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen. Personal data can now flow freely and safely from the European Economic Area to the United States without any further conditions or authorizations, Didier Reynders, E.U. Justice Commissioner, via NBC. NBC reports that the EU and the U.S. have long clashed over lax data privacy laws in the U.S. According to Max Schrems, an EU privacy advocate, the new framework fails to resolve critical privacy issues. . According to Max Schrems, an EU privacy advocate, the new framework fails to resolve critical privacy issues. . Just announcing that something is ‘new’, ‘robust’ or ‘effective’ does not cut it before the Court of Justice. We would need changes in U.S. surveillance law to make this work — and we simply don’t have it, Didier Reynders, E.U. Justice Commissioner, via NBC. Schrems legal campaign began with a complaint revolving around his Facebook data following whistleblower Edward Snowden's revelation that the U.S. monitors online data and communications. Schrems legal campaign began with a complaint revolving around his Facebook data following whistleblower Edward Snowden's revelation that the U.S. monitors online data and communications

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