During Joe Biden's visit to Europe, he has agreed with EU leaders on the basics of a new legal package to enable the transfer of data across the Atlantic.

This was announced by the President during a press conference, which was primarily about the United States selling gas to the EU in order to reduce its dependence on Russian energy.

- This new approach will support growth and innovation both within the EU and in the US and help large and small companies compete in the digital economy, he says.

Third attempt

At present, there is only one political agreement, and no document on what the proposal looks like has been presented.

This is the third attempt to establish a regulatory framework for how data can be shared between the EU and the US.

Both previous attempts, one called Safe Harbor and the other Privacy Shield, have been overturned by the European Court of Justice.

The structure of the law did not provide sufficient protection for personal data, according to the European Court of Justice.

The fact that there has been no agreement on data transfer between the EU and the US has led Facebook's owner company Meta to threaten to leave the European market.

The tech giant believes that the transfer of user data to the United States, which is banned by European law GDPR, is crucial for the services and its advertising to work.

"A make-up pig"

On Twitter, Meta boss Nick Clegg writes today that he welcomes the proposal.

“This agreement will help people stay in touch and services continue to work.

It will provide invaluable security for US and European companies of all sizes, including Meta, which rely on data transfer quickly and securely, ”he writes.

The previous two agreements were annulled after the Austrian lawyer Max Schrams appealed them.

In a blog post, he writes that his organization will analyze the agreement carefully and appeal if they see continued problems.

He illustrates the post with a picture with the text "a made-up pig".

"We expect this proposal to be back in court within months of the final decision being made," he wrote.