[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 16 (Wednesday, January 27, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Pages 7255-7256]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2021-01803]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration


Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the 
Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for Review and Approval; Comment 
Request; EU-U.S. Privacy Shield; Invitation for Applications for 
Inclusion on the List of Arbitrators

    The Department of Commerce will submit the following information 
collection request to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for 
review and clearance in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 
1995, on or after the date of publication of this notice. We invite the 
general public and other Federal agencies to comment on proposed, and 
continuing information collections, which helps us assess the impact of 
our information collection requirements and minimize the public's 
reporting burden. Public comments were previously requested via the 
Federal Register on November 24, 2020, during a 60-day comment period. 
This notice allows for an additional 30 days for public comments.
    Agency: International Trade Administration.

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    Title: 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, revision of a current 
information collection.
    Number of Respondents: 40.
    Average Hours per Response: 240 minutes.
    Burden Hours: 160 hours.
    Needs and Uses: As described in Annex I of the EU-U.S. Privacy 
Shield Framework, the Department of Commerce (the Department) and the 
European Commission (the Commission) 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. Organizations voluntarily self-certify to the EU-U.S. Privacy 
Shield Framework and, upon certification, the commitments the 
organization has made to comply with the EU-U.S. Privacy Shield 
Framework become legally enforceable under U.S. law. Organizations that 
self-certify to the EU-U.S. Privacy Shield Framework commit to binding 
arbitration of residual claims if a European individual chooses to 
exercise that option. Under the arbitration option, a Privacy Shield 
Panel (consisting of one or three arbitrators, as agreed by the 
parties) has the authority to impose individual-specific, non-monetary 
equitable relief (such as access, correction, deletion, or return of 
the European individual's data in question) necessary to remedy the 
violation of the EU-U.S. Privacy Shield Framework only with respect to 
the European individual. The Department and the Commission will seek to 
maintain a list of at least 20 arbitrators chosen based on 
independence, integrity, and expertise from which the parties will 
select the arbitrators. The arbitral mechanism outlined in Annex I of 
the EU-U.S. Privacy Shield Framework and Swiss-U.S. Privacy Shield 
Framework is a critical component of the Privacy Shield frameworks. 
Publishing this notice to collect information from individuals applying 
for inclusion on the list of arbitrators is a necessary step to 
maintain the arbitral mechanism. The Department previously requested 
and obtained approval of this information collection (OMB Control No. 
0625-0277) and now seeks renewal of this information collection. 
Although the Department is not currently seeking additional 
applications, it may do so in the future as appropriate.
    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.
    Legal Authority: The Department's statutory authority to foster, 
promote, and develop international commerce (15 U.S.C. 1512).
    This information collection request may be viewed at 
www.reginfo.gov. Follow the instructions to view the Department of 
Commerce collections currently under review by OMB.
    Written comments and recommendations for the proposed information 
collection should be submitted within 30 days of the publication of 
this notice on the following website www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain. 
Find this particular information collection by selecting ``Currently 
under 30-day Review--Open for Public Comments'' or by using the search 
function and entering either the title of the collection or the OMB 
Control Number 0625-0277.

Sheleen Dumas,
Department PRA Clearance Officer, Office of the Chief Information 
Officer, Commerce Department.
[FR Doc. 2021-01803 Filed 1-26-21; 8:45 am]
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