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The Data Shift: UK Sets a New Course With 2025 Data (Use and Access) Act

Goodwin on 7/16/2025

The Data (Use and Access) Bill passed both Houses of UK Parliament and received Royal Assent on 19 June 2025, now becoming the Data (Use and Access) Act 2025 (“DUA Act”). This is the final iteration of the Data Protection and...more

WilmerHale’s Guide to the EU Data Act - September 2024

WilmerHale on 9/13/2024

Exactly one year from now, on September 12, 2025, the EU Data Act will enter into application. This new regulation provides harmonized rules on data access, switching cloud providers, and interoperability requirements across...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

Data Privacy Guide - Spain

International Lawyers Network on 5/15/2024

Introduction - We have compiled the main differences between the REGULATION (EU) 2016/679 OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL of 27 April 2016 on the protection of natural persons with regard to the processing...more

CJEU publishes AG opinion on sale of a database of personal data

A&O Shearman on 3/8/2024

The Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) published the Advocate General's Opinion on whether the GDPR would restrict the sale of a database by court enforcement officers to satisfy creditor claims without the consent...more

DPA 101: Do You Know Where Your Data Is?

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP on 2/28/2024

As more and more states enact laws that mirror aspects of GDPR, and as companies begin to get used to the EU’s new standard contractual clauses, now may be a good opportunity for a refresh on data sharing agreements. As most...more

Details of the EU Data Act (2) - Obligations of Cloud and Other Data Processing Services: Switching and Interoperability...

WilmerHale on 12/19/2023

On November 27, 2023, the Council of the European Union adopted the EU Data Act, a new regulation providing harmonized rules on access to data, switching cloud providers and interoperability requirements across the EU. The...more

New EU Data Act: Impact On Data Flows Within And Outside The EU’s Borders

Morgan Lewis on 12/6/2023

The Council of the European Union adopted the Data Act on November 27, 2023. The Data Act, together with the Data Governance Act and EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), as key elements of the broader European data...more

European Commission Proposes New Rules for Cross Border GDPR Enforcement

Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati on 7/5/2023

On July 4, 2023, the European Commission (EC) published its proposal for a regulation laying down additional procedural rules for the enforcement of the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) (proposal). The proposal...more

Pakistan – MITT releases final draft of the personal data protection bill

A&O Shearman on 6/5/2023

The Pakistan Ministry of Information Technology and Telecommunication (MITT) released a new draft of the Personal Data Protection Bill, 2023 (the PDPB) on 19 May 2023. The PDPB aims to regulate the collection, processing,...more

GDPR Compliance in the U.S.: What to Know

Osano on 5/24/2023

In 1992, Singapore banned the sale of all chewing gum. But if you owned a cornerstore in the U.S. and a Singaporean tourist came to visit your business, there would be nothing to stop you from selling them a pack of gum—in...more

The “Trans-Atlantic Data Privacy Framework” – Finally a Legally Secure Data Transfer to the United States?

Littler on 5/17/2023

Since the European Court of Justice (ECJ) declared the “Safe Harbour” agreement—which had permitted U.S. companies to comply with EU restrictions on the transfer of personal data outside the EU—invalid in October 2015,...more

Court of Justice of the European Union holds non-material damages stemming from unlawful data processing may be eligible for...

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP on 5/12/2023

On May 4, the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) issued a judgment concluding that while not every infringement of the EU’s data protection law gives rise, by itself, to a right to compensation, non-material damage...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

Cross-Border Data Transfer Mechanisms and Requirements in China

Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP on 3/23/2023

In recent years, alongside the rapid development of the digital economy and the concomitant increase in data generation, collection, processing and monitoring in the People’s Republic of China (PRC or China), the Chinese...more

The UK Moves to Reform the UK GDPR Aims to be Both Business Friendly and Adequate in the Eyes of the EU

Benesch on 3/22/2023

While the reform is a long way away from a certainty, it represents a departure of the UK from the EU’s strict adherence and adoption of the General Data Protection Regulation which came into effect in 2018. Earlier this...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 Protection in the British Virgin Islands

Walkers on 2/9/2023

The British Virgin Islands ("BVI") Data Protection Act, 2021 ("DPA") came into force on 9 July 2021. It was introduced so the BVI would have a data protection framework which is broadly similar to EU and UK standards. To...more

Data Protection Professionals Like it Hot: 7 Hot Topics and Trends in Data Privacy Today

Fox Rothschild LLP on 9/30/2022

Please take note! 1.SchremsII and cross border transfers: Risk based, wherefore art thou? With the Google Analytics, Google Fonts, Amazon AWS, Google Workspace other cases, the SchremsII and DPA guidance is piling up....more

RODO – ostatni moment na dostosowanie klauzul umownych w przypadku przekazywania danych do państw trzecich

Hogan Lovells on 9/22/2022

Przekazywanie danych do państw trzecich dotyczy sytuacji, w których administrator lub podmiot przetwarzający dane osobowe dokonuje transferu danych osobowych do państwa trzeciego, czyli do państwa spoza Europejskiego Obszaru...more

International Data Transfers: Knowing Which Rules Apply to Comply

Epiq on 8/31/2022

While countries all over the globe continue to make data privacy strides, comparing similarities and differences between the EU and U.K. is important in light of Brexit. It is also crucial to know the differences as they...more

China Releases Standard Contractual Clauses for Cross-Border Data Transfers

Morgan Lewis on 7/12/2022

The Cyberspace Administration of China released for public consultation its long-awaited template for the cross-border data transfer agreement on June 30, 2022, under the draft Provisions on the Prescribed Agreement on...more

EU and U.S. Reach Agreement In Principle on a Replacement for the EU-U.S. Privacy Shield

Alston & Bird on 3/28/2022

On March 25, 2022, the European Commission and the United States announced that they have reached an “agreement in principle” on a replacement for the EU-U.S. Privacy Shield, which was invalidated by the Court of Justice of...more

International Data Protection Update - Winter 2021/2022

BakerHostetler on 3/15/2022

This Update highlights some of the international data protection issues that caught our attention and the attention of our clients over the winter, including updates on European data transfers and cookie compliance,...more

6 Things You Need to Know About United Kingdom (UK) International Data Transfers

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP on 3/2/2022

In February 2022, the United Kingdom (UK) Information Commissioner’s Office (“ICO”), along with the data protection authority (“DPA”) in the UK, published three new documents ("UK Documents") which update the UK's position on...more

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