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EU-UK Data Transfers: Adequacy Decision Extended, But Uncertainty Remains

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On May 14, 2025, the European Data Protection Board ("EDPB") issued a favorable opinion on granting a six-month extension to the existing adequacy decisions for the UK, following a formal proposal from the European...more

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EU Court Affirms Authority of EDPB

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On January 29, 2025, the General Court of the European Union delivered a significant judgment concerning the powers and competences of the European Data Protection Board ("EDPB"). The case involved the Data Protection...more

Fox Rothschild LLP

What Happens If an AI Model Is Developed With Unlawfully Processed Personal Data

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The European Data Protection Board recently issued an opinion on AI models, shedding light on what the consequences could be for the unlawful processing of personal data in the development phase of an AI model on the...more

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Can Privacy Be Bought? How Scrutiny of Meta’s Subscription Model Has Wider Implications –PART II

In Part I, we discussed the European Commission’s (“Commission”) disapproval of Meta’s “pay or consent” subscription model. In Part II, we delve into the European Commission’s findings, prior findings by the European Data...more

Miller Nash LLP

This Is Not a Test: The Significant Impacts of the Ireland Data Protection Commission’s Meta Decision

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It shouldn’t come as a surprise that the European Data Protection Board (EDPB), through Ireland’s Data Protection Commission (DPC), issued another fine against a large US technology company. What may come as a surprise is the...more

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The EU Supervisory Authorities’ Coordinated Enforcement Action in the EU: This Year It’s All About DPOs

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On March 15, 2023, the European Data Protection Board (“EDPB”) – the body through which the EU Member States’ Supervisory Authorities cooperate – along with 26 EU Supervisory Authorities officially launched a “coordinated...more

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EDPB publishes opinion on the draft adequacy decision for the EU-US Data Privacy Framework

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The European Data Protection Board (EDPB) issued its opinion on the draft adequacy decision of the European Commission (Draft Decision) regarding the EU-US Data Privacy Framework (DPF) on 28 February 2023. The DPF is a...more

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EDPB Issues Opinion on the EU-US Data Privacy Framework: Key Takeaways

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The European Data Protection Board (EDPB) has issued a long-awaited opinion on the EU-US Data Privacy Framework. Here are some key takeaways: The scope of the exemptions to the adherence to the principles, including on the...more

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Time to Update Your Cookie Banners? Helpful Guidance from the European Data Protection Board on Bad Cookie Banner Practices

When it comes to website privacy compliance, cookies have consistently presented the most fraught issues for U.S. businesses.  This is especially true for those businesses that find themselves in a sometimes new or often...more

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP

5 Things You Need to Know About the EDPB's Cookie Report

On 18 January 2023, the European Data Protection Board ("EDPB") published a report on the work undertaken by its Cookie Banner Task Force to ensure a uniform approach regarding a number of cookie-banner-related complaints...more

Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP

Meta Fines Expose EU Regulators’ Differences and Highlight Fundamental Issues for Data Controllers

Meta Ireland (Meta) has recently been issued with two fines by the Irish Data Protection Commission (DPC) for breaches of the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) relating to advertisements run on its Facebook and...more

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP

"42", the Answer to the Number of Authorities Notified in Cross-Border Breaches – Don't Panic!

Last week, the European Data Protection Board ("EDPB") published a long-awaited update of its guidance on breach notification—which did not contain much news generally. However, it does bring a significant new burden for...more

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Heavier Breach Notification Obligations for U.S. Companies Subject to the EU GDPR According to Proposed Regulatory Guidance from...

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On October 18, 2022, the European Data Protection Board (“EDPB”) published a proposed updated version of its regulatory guidance on personal data breaches under the EU GDPR (the “Proposed Updated Guidance”). The Proposed...more

Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP

#tiktokcringe: Targeted Ads Are No 'Legitimate Basis' for Data Processing, Says Italy's Data Privacy Protection Authority -...

European data authorities are increasingly united in policing data and privacy violations - It began, innocently enough, with an update to TikTok's privacy policy. Via upbeat messaging, users learned that they would soon...more

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Europe Takes Position on Sending Personal Data to Russia

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On 12 July 2022, the European Data Protection Board (EDPB) adopted Statement 02/2022 on Personal Data Transfers to the Russian Federation, in which it confirmed that data transfers to Russia require a data transfer impact...more

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5 Key Takeaways from the EDPB’s Final Guidelines on Examples Regarding Personal Data Breach Notification

Following a public consultation on an initial version released last January, the European Data Protection Board (“EDPB”) last month adopted a final version of its Guidelines on Examples regarding Personal Data Breach...more

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP

6 Key Things to Know about the new EDPB Guidance on International Data Transfers

On November 19, 2021, the European Data Protection Board (“EDPB”) issued draft guidance on the interplay between Article 3 of the General Data Protection Regulation (“GDPR”) and the provisions on international transfers...more

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EDPB Issues Draft Guidelines on Interplay Between GDPR’s Jurisdictional Scope and Cross-Border Data Transfer Requirements

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Keypoint: The EDPB takes the position that geographical boundaries – and not GDPR’s jurisdictional reach – govern the restricted transfer determination. On November 19, 2021, the European Data Protection Board (EDPB)...more

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EDPB publishes final guidelines on restricting data subject rights under Article 23 GDPR

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On 19 October 2021, the European Data Protection Board (EDPB) announced that it has published its final guidelines on the restrictions under Article 23 GDPR (Guidelines) following the end of its public consultation and...more

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EDPB to Provide Much Needed Clarification on New EU SCCs Scope for Importers Subject to the GDPR

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The European Data Protection Board (EDPB) recently published Minutes of its last plenary meeting held in September, which sheds light on how the EDPB plans to address the biggest open issue of the new Standard Contractual...more

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EDPB’s first urgent binding decision: threshold not met, Irish DPC to prioritise its investigation

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On 15 July 2021, the European Data Protection Board (the EDPB) issued a press release concerning its first urgent binding decision adopted under Article 66(2) GDPR (the Decision) in response to a request of the Hamburg...more

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Practical Steps for Organizations to Use the New Standard Contractual Clauses

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The European Commission adopted new versions of the Standard Contractual Clauses (SCCs) on June 4, 2021. The new SCCs finally replace the original SCCs adopted under the 1998 European Data Protection Directive (DPD) and did...more

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Post Schrems II World: EDPB Adopts Recommendations on Supplementary Measures for International Data Transfers

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Post Schrems II World: EDPB Adopts Recommendations on Supplementary Measures for International Data Transfers - On June 18, the European Data Protection Board (EDPB) formally adopted Version 2 of its Recommendations on...more

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European Commission Adopts Two New Sets of Standard Contractual Clauses: What Employers Need to Know

On June 4, 2021, the European Commission adopted two new sets of standard contractual clauses (SCCs): one for data transfers from data controllers to data processors and one for data transfers from data exporters to data...more

Wyrick Robbins Yates & Ponton LLP

The EU Commission’s New SCCs for International Transfers: Top 5 Immediate Takeaways

Ending months of anxious speculation from privacy lawyers around the globe, the European Commission announced on Friday that it had adopted final versions of the new Standard Contractual Clauses (the “New SCCs”) for the...more

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