U.S. Federal Trade Commissioner Julie Brill has been busy cultivating a defense of the U.S. privacy framework while also forging a path toward continued interoperability between the EU and U.S. With calls in Europe to end the Safe Harbor agreement with the U.S., Brill has been busy demonstrating the enforcement efforts of the Federal Trade Commission and other U.S. regulators in the commercial sphere while also reaching out to European regulators and government officials to help maintain a connection across the Atlantic. This post for Privacy Perspectives looks into a discussion she recently had with the European Commission’s Paul Nemitz as well as a speech she gave at Dartmouth College’s Tuck School of Business to flesh out these efforts. Editor’s Note: Brill will take part in the “Conversations in Privacy” series during next week’s IAPP Global Privacy Summit.
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