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U.S. companies can now self-certify to permit personal data to freely flow from the Europe to the United States. U.S. organizations can now self-certify their compliance...

Airline pilots from all over the world in simulator testing. boeing is now reviewing that process. >> we want the pilots to make sure that theyre focusing on those things that will keep the airplane safe and not those things that will distract you and kill you. >> you do anticipate making changes at the faa certification process? >> i think thats likely. but again, well have to see. >> sources tell us the faa is unlikely to approve the max for flight until early december at the earliest. america...

Jessica snyder joins us. >> reporter: this is turning into a criminal probe. federal investigators want information from boeing about its safety and certification procedures for the 737 max. that includes details on its training manuals for pilots plus how the company marketed its aircraft. we know that justice department prosecutors have issued multiple subpoenas as part of this potentially wide ranging investigation and really it could center on boeings self certification process. of course, t...

Issues could be front and center, but we do know as part of the safety analysis for the aircraft, boeing actually presented its own certification procedures to the faa, something called self-certification. and it is completely legal, but it is possible that the statements made during that self-certification process, perhaps that could be under scrutiny. but really, john, overall this criminal investigation launch is an ominous step, because criminal probes into the aviation industry are rare, an...

Self-certification process, whereby boeing essentially was responsible for certifying this aircraft and then presenting this information to the faa, to decide whether or not it was ready to get the certificate, to be able to sell this aircraft, whether there was anything wrong in that process. i think members of congress are now asking questions about that process. and i think youre going to see a broadening of that investigation, whether or not this is a process that the faa should be using at ...