Senior European officials said on Friday that they expected to complete a new trans-Atlantic data sharing agreement in the next three months that would allow companies to continue moving online information like social media posts and search queries to the United States.

The renewed effort comes a month after Europe’s highest court ruled on Oct. 6 that a 15-year-old pact — known as a safe harbor agreement — did not provide sufficient protection for the region’s citizens when their data was transferred between Europe and the United States.

European and American officials had been trying to forge an updated agreement even before the court’s ruling, and they plan to continue those efforts next week in Washington.

The October decision by the European Court of Justice has caused major headaches for the world’s technology giants, including Google and Facebook, as well as nontech businesses that move information like payroll or pension data between regions. These companies, which have to use more complicated transfer mechanisms since the safe harbor agreement was invalidated, rely on moving personal data across the Atlantic as part of their digital advertising services.