Amendment to the Privacy Shield Cost Recovery Fees

Consistent with the guidelines in OMB Circular A-25, the U.S. Department of Commerce's International Trade Administration (ITA) is revising the fee schedule implemented on August 1, 2016. On January 12, 2017, the Swiss Government announced the approval of the Swiss-U.S. Privacy Shield Framework as a valid legal mechanism to comply with Swiss requirements when transferring personal data from Switzerland to the United States. For more detailed information on the Swiss-U.S. Privacy Shield Framework and the announcement, please see https:// www.privacyshield.gov/Program-Overview. This notice revises the Privacy Shield fee structure to incorporate the Swiss-U.S. Privacy Shield Framework in addition to the existing EU- U.S. Privacy Shield Framework. This is to support the operation of both the EU-U.S. and Swiss-U.S. Privacy Shield Frameworks (Privacy Shield).