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DOJ implements new rule restricting bulk transfers of sensitive personal data

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On April 22, FTC Commissioner Melissa Holyoak delivered the opening keynote at the IAPP Global Summit, where she emphasized the importance of vigorously enforcing privacy laws while warning against stretching the FTC’s...more

Dorsey & Whitney LLP

Justice Issues Final Rule Restricting Transfer of Personal U.S. Data to Countries of Concern, Effective in April 2025

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The U.S. Department of Justice (“DOJ”) published its final rule (“Final Rule”) on January 8, 2025, that will prohibit or restrict transfer of certain data of U.S. persons to countries of concern, including to China. The Final...more

Ropes & Gray LLP

DOJ Issues Final Rule Restricting Flow of Bulk Sensitive Personal Data to China and Other Countries of Concern

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On January 8, 2025, the Department of Justice (“DOJ”) published its Final Rule to implement President Biden’s Executive Order 14117, “Preventing Access to Americans’ Bulk Sensitive Personal Data and United States...more

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Proposed Rule Published Restricting Data Sharing with China, Russia, Iran, North Korea, Cuba, and Venezuela

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The US Department of Justice issued a Notice of Proposed Rule Making (NPRM) October 21, 2024 that, if finalized, will prohibit or restrict a significant amount of international data sharing with countries of concern,...more

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How President Biden’s Executive Order Aims to Protect Your Personal Data from Countries of Concern

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On February 28, 2024, President Biden announced he was signing an Executive Order intended to protect Americans’ sensitive personal data. The Executive Order focuses on large-scale transfers of (i) genomic data, (ii)...more

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Where Do We Stand?: EU to US Data Transfers

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The process for data transfers from the EU to the US under Standard Contractual Clauses has been back in the news recently, leading many to ask: will the proposed EU-US Data Privacy Framework be approved by the Europeans...more

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Biden Executive Order Seeks to Solidify European Union-U.S. Data Privacy Framework

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After a two year absence of a legal framework for transferring personal data from the EU to the U.S., President Biden signed an Executive Order on Enhancing Safeguards for United States Signals Intelligence Activities (the...more

Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP

Will European Privacy in the United States be Trumped?

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In recent weeks there has been significant debate among commentators about whether Europeans’ privacy is becoming less protected in the US and what that may mean for the privacy protection arrangements between the EU and the...more

Seyfarth Shaw LLP

The Swiss Privacy Shield Opens for Business on April 12

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Beginning on April 12, 2017, U.S. organizations that are subject to the investigatory and enforcement powers of the FTC or the Department of Transportation will be able to self-certify to the newly adopted Swiss–U.S. Privacy...more

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Will Trump’s Executive Order Impact Agreements Between the U.S. and EU on Cross-Border Data Transfers?

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U.S. President Donald Trump signed an Executive Order on January 25, 2017, “Enhancing Public Safety in the Interior of the United States” that requires agencies “to the extent consistent with applicable law ... exclude...more

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