The EU-US Data Privacy Framework has an adequate level of protection for personal data, the EU’s executive commission said.

"Today we take an important step to provide trust to [EU] citizens that their data is safe, to deepen our economic ties between the EU and the US, and at the same time to reaffirm our shared values," Commission chief Ursula von der Leyen said.

EU Justice Commissioner Didier Reynders added: “Personal data can now flow freely and safely from the European Economic Area to the United States without any further conditions or authorisations.”

The agreement was made possible by the Biden administration, which issued an executive order in 2022 that incorporated "safeguards" into the US intelligence agencies' rules regarding the transfer of European citizens' data, limiting their access to what is “necessary and proportionate” to protect national security.

In the agreement, US companies signing onto the EU-US Data...