The European Parliament has
called for the suspension of the
"Privacy Shield" if the U.S. does not comply in full by September 1, 2018. The
resolution states that the pact, which permits US companies to obtain the personal data of European, does not protect privacy. The Parliament cited numerous problems, including the
Cambridge Analytica breach of 87 million Facebook users data, the reauthorization of
FISA Section 702, the failure to appoint members to
the PCLOB, and passage of the
CLOUD Act, which permits US law enforcement agencies to access personal data stored in Europe. The vote of the full Parliament follows an earlier
statement from the civil liberties "LIBE" committee. EPIC highlighted many of the same concerns in recent
comments. EPIC also
told the FTC that the Cambridge Analytica breach could have been prevented if the FTC had enforced its
2011 Consent Order with Facebook. The European Commission, the EU body in charge of the Shield, must now decide how to respond.