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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

The UK’s New Amendments to the UK GDPR Become Law and Get a Nod from the EU. What happens now?

Seyfarth Shaw LLP on 6/26/2025

The UK’s Data (Use and Access) Act received Royal Assent last Thursday, June 19th, bringing into law some significant changes to the country’s post Brexit data protection framework, among an array of other, related rules (on...more

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

Data in the Balance: Political Influence on EU-U.S. Data Transfers

Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart,... on 4/4/2025

In politically uncertain times, is your organisation’s data transfer compliance unquestionable? The EU-U.S. Data Privacy Framework (DPF) serves as a useful mechanism for transatlantic data transfers, and it can assist...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

Kingdom of Saudi Arabia Issues New Data Transfer Risk Assessment Guidelines

Latham & Watkins LLP on 3/24/2025

The guidelines specify the requirements for data controllers to conduct risk assessments related to the transfer or disclosure of personal data outside the Kingdom. ...more

Data, Privacy & Cyber: 10 Top Trends for 2025

Ius Laboris on 2/12/2025

In the fast-paced, ever-changing world of data, privacy, cyber, and AI, staying ahead of the curve is crucial. Following Data Protection Day 2025 last month, we've identified ten key themes that might significantly impact...more

Sheppard Mullin’s 2024 Eye on Privacy Year in Review

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP on 1/22/2025

It is hard to believe that another year is upon us! As we have done in years past (including 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019 and 2018), we have created a comprehensive resource of all our www.eyeonprivacy.com posts from 2024. As...more

EMEA - Data Privacy, Digital and AI Round Up 2024/2025

BCLP on 1/15/2025

As expected in the data privacy and digital space, 2024 shaped up to be a year full of guidance, consultations, regulatory focus areas and legislative updates. Artificial Intelligence (AI) remained a hot topic with...more

UK Government Introduces New Data (Use and Access) Bill

King & Spalding on 11/13/2024

On October 23, the UK Government’s House of Lords had its first reading of a new proposed data protection bill, the Data (Use and Access) Bill (“DUA Bill”), as sponsored by the Department of Science, Innovation, and...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

International Data Transfers Remain Under EU and UK Regulatory Scrutiny

Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart,... on 9/26/2024

Organisations that make international transfers of personal data have undergone significant challenges and changes over the last few years. With the invalidation of the Privacy Shield agreement in 2020 and the introduction of...more

UK US Data Bridge Practical Tips for Implementation and Compliance

Latham & Watkins LLP on 9/6/2024

Latham & Watkins and Privacy Laws & Business recently co-hosted a webinar looking back on the first eight months since the UK-US Data Bridge entered into force. Speakers from the UK Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) and...more

International Transfers of Personal Data After Schrems II: Practical Compliance Steps

Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart,... on 6/27/2024

Quick Hits Schrems II Recap Most people are now familiar with the Schrems II requirements to “know your transfers” and to protect personal data when such information is subject to processing (including remote access to...more

Jenner & Block Japan Newsletter - January 2024

Jenner & Block on 2/12/2024

Welcome to the January 2024 edition of the Jenner & Block Japan Newsletter, a publication containing updates about legal developments in the United States that may be noteworthy to our clients and other leaders in the...more

Pensions: Joint DB & DC trustee agenda update - February 2024

A&O Shearman on 1/22/2024

Welcome to our monthly update on current legal issues for trustees of DB and hybrid pension schemes, designed to help you stay up to date with key developments between trustee meetings, and to support the legal update item on...more

Department of Commerce Extends the Data Privacy Framework with UK-U.S. “Data Bridge”: Key Takeaways for Multinational Employers

Littler on 10/19/2023

Following on the heels of the launch of the EU-U.S. Data Privacy Framework (DPF) this summer, the U.S. Department of Commerce has extended the DPF to cover transfers of personal data from the United Kingdom (UK) (and...more

UK-U.S. Data Bridge Allows Transfer of Personal Data From the United Kingdom to the United States

Jones Day on 10/17/2023

Beginning October 12, 2023, the UK-U.S. Data Bridge will allow UK companies to transfer personal data to the United States using the new EU-U.S. Data Privacy Framework....more

UK government establishes UK-U.S. Data Bridge

Constangy, Brooks, Smith & Prophete, LLP on 10/16/2023

The United Kingdom has announced its decision to establish the UK-U.S. Data Bridge. The UK-U.S. Data Bridge will allow UK businesses and organizations to transfer personal data to organizations in the United States that have...more

The UK-US Data Bridge: Practical Considerations for UK Organisations

White & Case LLP on 10/13/2023

The UK-US Data Bridge (the "Data Bridge") has now come into effect, potentially simplifying transfers of personal data from the UK to the US. On 12 October 2023, the Data Bridge took effect. The Data Bridge allows UK...more

No Need to Mind the Gap – UK Extension is a Data Bridge for US-UK Data Transfers

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP on 10/11/2023

Beginning today, the UK adequacy decision for US data protection measures goes into effect. As a result, UK companies can transfer personal information to entities in the US that are participants in the EU-US Data Privacy...more

UK-US Data Bridge: An Extension to EU-US Data Privacy Framework

McDermott Will & Emery on 10/10/2023

The UK government has published the Data Protection (Adequacy) (United States of America) Regulations 2023 (SI 2023/1028) (the UK-US Data Bridge Regulations) which adopted an adequacy decision for the US (the UK-US Data...more

Client Alert: UK and US Agree to “Data Bridge”

Jenner & Block on 10/2/2023

On the heels of the EU-US Data Privacy Framework (DPF), another bridge has been built across the Atlantic to streamline data transfers between businesses. In July, the European Commission adopted its much-anticipated...more

Transatlantic Transfers of Personal Data: Transferring a Privacy Shield Certification to the New EU-U.S. Data Privacy Framework

Jackson Lewis P.C. on 10/2/2023

Effective July 10, 2023, the EU-U.S. Data Privacy Framework (“EU-U.S. DPF”) replaced the invalidated EU-U.S. Privacy Shield framework (“Privacy Shield”). Participating U.S. organizations can now receive personal data...more

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