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

King & Spalding on 6/9/2025

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

Streamlined BCR approval: Understanding the EDPB's updated procedure

Hogan Lovells on 3/31/2025

On 19 March 2025, the European Data Protection Board published an updated procedure for co-operation between EU data protection supervisory authorities approving GDPR Binding Corporate Rules for intra-group transfers of EU...more

European Commission Moves to Extend Free Flows of Personal Data to the UK

Alston & Bird on 3/25/2025

On March 18, 2025, the European Commission proposed to extend its adequacy decision in favor of the United Kingdom (‘UK’) for an additional six-month period. This would allow free flows of personal data from the EU to the UK...more

Guidelines 02/2024 on Article 48 of the GDPR: EDPB Clarifies Rules for Data Sharing With Third-Country Authorities

Cooley LLP on 12/11/2024

In the ever-evolving landscape of data protection and privacy, the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) stands as the most significant legislative framework for processing personal data. Known for its extraterritorial...more

GDPR Question: What Do You Do With a US Court Order?

Fox Rothschild LLP on 12/4/2024

So you have a court order from a U.S. court seeking data? In the words of Shania Twain, “That don’t impress me much!” The European Data Protection Board recently issued an opinion on cross border transfers pursuant to Art 48...more

EU and UK Data Protection Regulatory Trends so far in 2024: a focus on international data transfers

A&O Shearman on 10/21/2024

This series of blogs rounds up some of the key data protection regulatory trends we have seen during 2024, focused on the EU and UK. 2024 has seen behavioural advertising and cookies continue to dominate the agenda of...more

EU Data Protection Regulators Publish Additional Guidance On The EU-U.S. Data Privacy Framework

Alston & Bird on 8/21/2024

Last month, the European Data Protection Board – which is composed of the national data protection authorities (‘Supervisory Authorities’) of the countries in the European Economic Area (‘EEA’), as well as the European Data...more

EU - New EU Regulation to complement GDPR by clarifying cross-border enforcement procedures unveiled

A&O Shearman on 7/17/2023

The European Commission published its Proposal for a Regulation (on 4 July 2023) laying down additional procedural rules relating to the enforcement of GDPR (the Proposal), which aims to complement the GDPR by specifying the...more

Get Ready to Update Your Binding Corporate Rules Regulators Expand Requirements

McDermott Will & Emery on 7/7/2023

At the end of June, the European Data Protection Board (EDPB) published its Recommendations (Recs) on Binding Corporate Rules (BCRs). Among other things, the Recs require existing and in process BCRs to: - Incorporate...more

Meta Receives Record 1.2 Billion EUR Fine and Is Ordered to Suspend Its EU-U.S. Data Transfers

Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati on 6/7/2023

On May 22, 2023, Ireland’s Data Protection Commission (DPC) published its long-awaited decision in the Meta EU-U.S. data transfer case (Decision). In its landmark Decision, the DPC imposed a record 1.2 billion EUR fine and...more

International Data Transfers: Lessons from the EDPB’s “101 Task Force”

Alston & Bird on 4/25/2023

In August 2020, privacy activist organization NOYB – European Center for Digital Rights filed 101 complaints with the EU Supervisory Authorities (‘SAs’) in connection with the transfer of personal data from Europe to...more

Updated EU Data Transfers Guidance

BCLP on 3/17/2023

The updated guidelines (05/2021) from the European Data Protection Board (“EDPB”) issued on 14 February 2023 (the “New Guidelines”) look at the interplay of two fundamental, protective mechanisms contained in the EU GDPR....more

Data Privacy Laws and Blocking Statutes: Five Practical Strategies for Counsel

HaystackID on 1/30/2023

Background Note: Data privacy has become a critical issue in the digital era, with laws and regulations constantly evolving. As a result, it’s important for cybersecurity, information governance, and legal discovery...more

Privacy Shield 2.0 What’s Next for International Data Transfers?

Snell & Wilmer on 1/18/2023

During the last 20 years, the state of the law regarding personal data transfers between the U.S. and Europe has undergone many changes and evolutions. Initially, the European Commission and the U.S. Government worked...more

EU-US Transborder Data Flows to be Reviewed by the European Data Protection Board

Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP on 1/18/2023

On December 13, 2022, the European Commission published its draft adequacy decision recognizing the essential equivalence of U.S. data protection standards, laying the foundations for finalization of the European Union...more

EU’s Initial Response to US Proposed Data Transfers Framework

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP on 12/23/2022

The EU released its draft adequacy decision for the EU-US Data Privacy Framework, but all is not smooth sailing. As we wrote in October, the US developed the proposed new framework in response to the declared inadequacy of...more

European Commission Approves Trans-Atlantic Data Privacy Framework

Cooley LLP on 12/16/2022

On 13 December 2022, the European Commission issued a draft adequacy decision concluding that the EU-US Data Privacy Framework provides an adequate level of protection for personal data transferred from EU to US companies....more

EU Initiates Long-Awaited Adoption of U.S. Data-Flows Pact

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP on 12/14/2022

On Tuesday, December 13, the European Commission initiated its long-awaited process towards the adoption of an adequacy decision for the European Union (EU)-U.S. Data Privacy Framework (EU-U.S. DPF), which aims to address the...more

Transatlantic Legal-Regulatory Update: Live from the Heart of Silicon Valley

Gardner Law on 12/2/2022

US and EU Life Sciences Law firms Fieldfisher & Gardner Law recently held a CLE event in Silicon Valley covering Healthcare Compliance, Data Privacy and Regulatory hot topics for MedTech and Pharma companies. Discussion...more

EDPB adopts draft Recommendations on Controller Binding Corporate Rules

Hogan Lovells on 12/1/2022

Binding Corporate Rules (BCR) are often considered the “gold standard” for international transfers of personal data subject to the GDPR. In contrast to the Standard Contractual Clauses of the European Commission (SCC), BCR...more

Europe Takes Position on Sending Personal Data to Russia

Cooley LLP on 7/18/2022

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

EU – EDPB addresses data protection aspects of digital euro and publishes response to EDRI on enforcement of GDPR

A&O Shearman on 7/15/2022

On 30 June 2022, the EDPB published the documents adopted during its 66th plenary session....more

EU – EDPB publishes Guidelines on certification as transfer tool

A&O Shearman on 7/6/2022

The European Data Protection Board (EDPB) has adopted, on 16 June 2022, the draft guidelines on certification as a tool for transfers of data to third countries without adequacy status (the Guidelines). The text of the...more

International – noyb publishes open letter on the future of EU-US data transfers

A&O Shearman on 6/2/2022

On 23 May 2022, the data privacy activist group ‘none of your business’ (noyb) published an open letter on the planned EU-US data transfer deal. ...more

EU and U.S. Reach Agreement in Principle on New Data Privacy Framework for EU-U.S. Data Transfers

Wiley Rein LLP on 4/25/2022

The European Union (EU) and United States have reached a “deal in principle” to establish a new Trans-Atlantic Data Privacy Framework (Framework), which is meant to foster the exchange of data between the EU and U.S. This new...more

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