Commerce's Pritzker, Top EU Official To Discuss Trans-Atlantic Data Economy at MIT

Commerce Secretary Penny Pritzker and Andrus Ansip, the European Commission vice president-digital single market (see 1509240053), will discuss the transatlantic digital economy, including the EU-U.S. Privacy Shield agreement (see 1602290003), Friday. The "armchair discussion" will be at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Danny Weitzner, who heads the MIT Internet Policy Research Initiative, will moderate. The event is scheduled for 12:45 p.m. A Commerce Department spokeswoman said the event may be live streamed.