>The EU keeps moving the goalposts on what constitutes “safe” transfers (we’re on the 5th round of this) This is a wrong phrasing of the problem: The US is not

>The EU keeps moving the goalposts on what constitutes “safe” transfers (we’re on the 5th round of this) This is a wrong phrasing of the problem: The US is not, and has never been, a safe haven to transfer personal data to. However, it would significantly impact trade (and policing) concerns between the EU and the US if that statement were to be treated seriously. This is why the European Commission and the Parliament have repeatedly tried to create a framework which allows transfer of data despite the US' insistence on secret access to the data without due process (aka secret courts, which cannot be due process by any reasonable definition). European courts, again repeatedly, have taken the stipulations in various laws guaranteeing rights to citizens seriously, and keep striking down the badly made frameworks. It's not "shifting goal posts", but rather "not willing to accept the political costs of respecting citizens' rights".