Speaking at an event in Washington this week, the chief privacy officer of U.S. Department of Homeland Security said that the members of a group formed to create standards for data sharing between the U.S. and EU governments disagree on privacy oversight, Fierce Government IT reports. Mary Ellen Callahan, CIPP, said the "issue of independence" has come up within the so-called high-level contact group. European group members have expressed concern that the U.S. lacks an agency dedicated to data privacy. Callahan told those in attendance at an American Bar Association gathering that the U.S. Congress could alleviate these concerns by fully staffing the Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board and granting it more independence.
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