[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 231 (Monday, December 4, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Page 57205]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2017-26081]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE


Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request

    The Department of Commerce will submit to the Office of Management 
and Budget (OMB) for clearance the following proposal for collection of 
information under the provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act (44 
U.S.C. Chapter 35).
    Agency: International Trade Administration.
    Title: Proposed Information Collection; Comment Request; EU-U.S. 
Privacy Shield; Invitation for Applications for Inclusion on the List 
of Arbitrators.
    OMB Control Number: 0625-0277.
    Form Number(s): None.
    Type of Request: Regular submission (extension of a currently 
approved information collection).
    Number of Respondents: 60.
    Average Hours per Response: 240 minutes.
    Burden Hours: 240 hours.
    Needs and Uses: Under the Privacy Shield, the U.S. Department of 
Commerce (DOC) and the European Commission have committed to implement 
an arbitration mechanism to provide European individuals with the 
ability to invoke binding arbitration to determine, for residual 
claims, whether an organization has violated its obligations under the 
Privacy Shield. The DOC and the European Commission will work together 
to implement the arbitration mechanism. Consistent with applicable law, 
DOC and the European Commission will develop a list of at least 20 
arbitrators, chosen on the basis of independence, integrity, and 
expertise. Parties to a binding arbitration under this Privacy Shield 
mechanism may only select arbitrators from this list. The arbitral 
mechanism is a critical component of the EU-U.S. Privacy Shield 
Framework and must be implemented as soon as possible to preserve the 
integrity of the Privacy Shield program. More than 2,500 U.S.-based 
organizations currently rely on the Privacy Shield to transfer the 
personal data from Europe to the United States necessary to do business 
across the Atlantic. Such a data transfer mechanism is critically 
important, because it underpins almost $300 billion in digitally 
deliverable services traded across the Atlantic each year.
    Affected Public: Private individuals.
    Frequency: Recurrent, depending on the number of arbitrators 
required to retain an active list of 20 arbitrators.
    Respondent's Obligation: Required to obtain or retain benefits.
    This information collection request may be viewed at reginfo.gov. 
Follow the instructions to view Department of Commerce collections 
currently under review by OMB.
    Written comments and recommendations for the proposed information 
collection should be sent within 30 days of publication of this notice 
to [email protected] or fax to (202) 395-5806.

Sheleen Dumas,
Departmental PRA Lead, Office of the Chief Information Officer.
[FR Doc. 2017-26081 Filed 12-1-17; 8:45 am]
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