On July 10, 2023, the European Commission adopted an adequacy decision for the new EU-US Data Privacy Framework (“DPF”), the revamped transatlantic framework designed to support transfers of personal data from the EU to...more
7/19/2023
/ Adequacy Requirement ,
Binding Corporate Rules ,
Certification Requirements ,
Data Privacy ,
EU ,
Executive Orders ,
Framework Agreement ,
International Data Transfers ,
Personal Data ,
Privacy Framework ,
Standard Contractual Clauses ,
Switzerland ,
UK
On June 4, 2021, the European Commission (the “EC”) abolished the old Standard Contractual Clauses (the “Old SCCs”) and published a new more flexible set of clauses (the “New SCCs”) for companies that wish to export personal...more
On October 7, 2022, President Biden signed an Executive Order on “Enhancing Safeguards for United States Signals Intelligence Activities,” establishing new privacy safeguards and oversight mechanisms for foreign intelligence...more
10/10/2022
/ Administrative Review Board ,
Biden Administration ,
Civil Liberties ,
Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) ,
Data Privacy ,
EU ,
EU-US Privacy Shield ,
Executive Orders ,
Foreign Intellgence ,
International Data Transfers ,
National Intelligence Agencies ,
Personal Data ,
Schrems I & Schrems II ,
Standard Contractual Clauses ,
Surveillance
The dust has settled on the new EU standard contractual clauses for cross-border data transfers (“New SCCs”), but confusion still reins on how the New SCCs cover data transfers and what companies need to do to take advantage...more
8/27/2021
/ Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) ,
Data Controller ,
Data Privacy ,
Data Processors ,
Data Protection ,
Data Transfers ,
EU ,
European Data Protection Board (EDPB) ,
General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) ,
Impact Assessments ,
Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) ,
International Data Transfers ,
Personal Data ,
Schrems I & Schrems II ,
Standard Contractual Clauses ,
UK