# Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2016/1250 of 12 July 2016 pursuant to Directive 95/46/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council on the adequacy of the protection provided by the EU-U.S. Privacy Shield (notified under document C(2016) 4176) (Text with EEA relevance) (revoked), Division: Letter from General Counsel Robert Litt

Extent: E+W+S+N.I.
Status: repealed

February 22, 2016
Mr Justin S. Antonipillai
Counselor
U.S. Department of Commerce
1401 Constitution Ave., NW
Washington, DC 20230
Mr Ted Dean
Deputy Assistant Secretary
International Trade Administration
1401 Constitution Ave., NW
Washington, DC 20230
Dear Mr Antonipillai and Mr Dean:
Over the last two and a half years, in the context of negotiations for the EU-U.S. Privacy Shield, the United States has provided substantial information about the operation of U.S. Intelligence Community signals intelligence collection activity. This has included information about the governing legal framework, the multi-layered oversight of those activities, the extensive transparency about those activities, and the overall protections for privacy and civil liberties, in order to assist the European Commission in making a determination about the adequacy of those protections as they relate to the national security exception to the Privacy Shield principles. This document summarizes the information that has been provided.
Sincerely,
Robert S. Litt

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudn/2016/1250/annex/VI/division/1 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2016-1250/annex-VI/division-1
Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives.