MPs on the PAC had told the Home Office that they were so unimpressed by the estimates based on the survey that the ONS and the Home Office should move as quickly as possible to start using e-Borders data to measure immigration, emigration and net migration.
Furthermore, the US is particularly keen on boosting cross-border data flow, including traffic of personal and financial data.
Germany's independent privacy watchdogs say the surveillance programmes run by the NSA breach an EU-US pact meant to ensure cross-border data protection.
The new framework will underpin over $250bn of transatlantic trade in digital services annually by facilitating cross-border data transfers that are crucial to international business.
The Schrems case is politically charged, thrust into the tense commercial and intergovernmental relations between the EU and US over data privacy, and particularly the imperilled 'safe harbour' regime, which has governed cross-border data transfers for the past 15 years.
Cross-border data transfers by businesses include payroll and human resources information as well as lucrative data used for targeted online advertising, which is of particular importance to technology companies.
Ansip said: "Our next step is now to remove unjustified barriers which limit cross-border data flow: local practice and sometimes national law, limiting storage and processing of certain data outside national territory".
After Mr. Johnson stopped short of committing to provide the border data without consulting with homeland security officials, Mr. McCain said that he would not vote to confirm him until Mr. Johnson gave a "yes answer" to sharing the information.
Facing legal obstacles in Europe, the U.S. businesses with the greatest stake in cloud computing — primarily Microsoft, Google, H.P. and Oracle — are lobbying lawmakers to loosen restrictions on cross-border data transfers.
The Parliament's version adds that reference to other mechanisms allowing cross-border data transfer would also suffice.
The local jurisdictions have restrictions on permitting trans-border data crossing when the other jurisdiction has equivalent or better levels of protection.
