Trump potentially affecting Privacy Shield '

washington - The US president Donald Trump may have undermined a crucial agreement on the sharing of data between the United States and Europe. That writing several media, including The Register and TechCrunch.

Trump this week signed a decree which states inter alia that privacy protection will apply only to US citizens and permanent residents of America. This part of the decree seems exactly contradict a crucial part of the new Privacy Shield agreement between the US and Europe. This section provides, according to The Register that Europeans have as much right to privacy as Americans. Internet giants use these rules to do business overseas.

The European Commission has announced in a reaction that the data of European citizens are adequately protected when shipping to the US, including the Privacy Shield and an agreement between the EU and the United States, which is 1 February of force. The US Congress passed a new law in the context of this agreement last year, making the benefits of the US Privacy Act apply to Europeans.

In theory, the Privacy Shield agreement should remain intact, claims The Register. But the new US administration, according to the tech site so far been very erratic and has already shown its willingness to tear up existing agreements and protocols several times. Many people would wonder why the team at Trump deemed it necessary to include the section on privacy protection in the decree, especially since it seems to serve no real purpose.