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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

The Data Act – the EU's bid to "ensure fairness in the digital environment and a competitive data market" – has been adopted

White & Case LLP on 11/30/2023

On November 27, 2023, the European Union ("EU") adopted the final text of the Data Act, marking an effort to create a harmonized, cross-sectoral data sharing framework with the stated goal of ensuring fair access to and use...more

Almost there: The European Parliament passes the EU Data Act, with new rules for data access, switching cloud providers and...

WilmerHale on 11/16/2023

On November 9, 2023, the European Parliament adopted the EU Data Act, a new regulation providing harmonized rules on access to data, switching cloud providers and interoperability requirements across the EU. It is widely...more

The New EU-U.S. Data Privacy Framework in Half a Dozen FAQs

BakerHostetler on 7/13/2023

On July 10, 1962, NASA launched Telstar 1, the first active communications satellite linking Europe and the United States through live television transmission. Sixty-one years later, on July 10, 2023, the European Commission...more

European Digital Compliance: Key Digital Regulation & Compliance Developments - March 2023

Morrison & Foerster LLP on 4/6/2023

To help organizations stay on top of the main developments in European digital compliance, Morrison Foerster’s European Digital Regulatory Compliance team reports on some of the main topical digital regulatory and compliance...more

The march to regulatory change for artificial intelligence: the commonalities between the EU and US

Eversheds Sutherland (US) LLP on 3/7/2023

This briefing links up some commonalities between the EU and US in terms of the AI march to regulatory change. Our global regulatory specialists have put their heads together for this update on EU, New York City (NYC) and...more

EU Court Opinion: Competition Authorities May Consider Data Protection Breaches in Their Investigations

Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati on 11/11/2022

On September 20, 2022, an adviser to the EU’s top court opined that competition authorities may consider a company’s compliance with the EU’s data protection rules as part of an abuse of dominance investigation....more

The EU-U.S. Trans-Atlantic Data Privacy Framework Moves Closer to Approval: Why It Matters for Your Business

Lowenstein Sandler LLP on 10/18/2022

President Biden recently signed the Executive Order on Enhancing Safeguards for United States Signals Intelligence Activities and supporting regulations (collectively, the “Executive Order”), enhancing privacy and civil...more

European Commission Releases Additional Guidance on SCCs for International Data Transfers

Davis Wright Tremaine LLP on 6/10/2022

On May 25, 2022, the European Commission announced the release of a new guidance document relating to standard contractual clauses (SCCs) and international data transfers. The guidance is included in a series of questions and...more

The EU Data Act - what could this mean for you?

A&O Shearman on 3/15/2022

On 23 February 2022, Margrethe Vestager (European Commission’s Executive Vice President for a Europe fit for the Digital Age) unveiled proposals for the EU’s latest legislative development, the EU Data Act. Originally...more

UK launches consultation on international data transfers - a first glimpse of the “UK SCCs”

BCLP on 8/16/2021

On 11 August, the UK Information Commissioner’s Office launched a consultation paper on “International transfers under UK GDPR”. The documents released alongside the paper include a draft International Data Transfer Agreement...more

The European Commission Publishes Comprehensive Contractual Clauses For Use in Data Transfers from Europe

Sunstein LLP on 8/4/2021

In June, the European Commission published the final version of a new set of standard contractual clauses (SCCs) that can be used to comply with the EU’s General Data Protection Regulation (the “GDPR”). These clauses are of...more

Practical Steps for Organizations to Use the New Standard Contractual Clauses

Foley & Lardner LLP on 7/6/2021

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

European Commission adopts positive UK adequacy decisions for data transfers

A&O Shearman on 7/6/2021

On 28 June 2021, just two days before the interim EU-UK data transfer “bridging mechanism” expired under the Trade and Cooperation Agreement, the European Commission (EC) adopted two adequacy decisions for the UK to...more

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

Adams & Reese on 7/2/2021

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

UK Adequacy Decision for European Data Transfers

Morgan Lewis on 6/29/2021

The European Commission has finally approved two decisions on 28 June granting the United Kingdom the cherished status of having “adequate” data protection laws so that transfers of personal data from the European Union are...more

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

Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart,... on 6/14/2021

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

European Commission Adopts New Service Providers Standard Agreement (Controller-Processor SCCs)

Mintz - Privacy & Cybersecurity Viewpoints on 6/9/2021

The new standard agreement for service providers (which we’ll refer to as the Controller-Processor SCCs) adopted by the European Commission on June 4th was understandably a bit overshadowed by the release on the same date of...more

10 Things You Should Know About the New Standard Contractual Clauses

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP on 6/7/2021

Orrick's Cyber, Privacy & Data Innovation and IP Licensing & Technology Transactions groups cover the top 10 things you need to know about the new Standard Contractual Clauses ("SCCs") published today by the European...more

Safe For Now: Temporary Grace Period For EU-UK Data Flow

Vinson & Elkins LLP on 1/6/2021

On December 24, 2020, the European Commission and the United Kingdom reached an agreement in principle on the long-awaited Trade and Cooperation Agreement (the “Trade Agreement”). For now, transfers of personal data from the...more

Brexit’s Back, Alright… (With sincere apologies to the Backstreet Boys)

BCLP on 10/12/2020

After three years of dominating the news (in the UK at least), Brexit has been extremely quiet for much of the year. This is hardly a surprise given that we have been in the thick of a global pandemic that has changed so much...more

Time To Reassess International Data Transfers After Court Declares EU-U.S. Privacy Shield Invalid: A 4-Step Action Plan

Fisher Phillips on 7/22/2020

The Court of Justice of the European Union just ruled that an important data protection scheme established between the European Union and the United States is invalid, calling into question many aspects of important data...more

Privacy Shield Sunk – SCCs Treading Water: What Can Companies Do to Keep Their Head Above Water

Orrick - Employment Law and Litigation on 7/17/2020

The European Court of Justice (CJEU) published its highly anticipated judgement in the case of Data Protection Commissioner Ireland v Facebook Ireland Limited, Maximillian Schrems, colloquially known as “Schrems 2.0”. There...more

Privacy Shield No Longer Viable Basis for EU-US Data Transfers

Foley Hoag LLP on 7/17/2020

On July 16, 2020, the European Court of Justice issued one of its most important decisions on data privacy law (Schrems II), holding that the EU-US Privacy Shield is no longer a viable mechanism for EU-US data transfers under...more

Privacy Shield Invalidated by Top EU Court; Standard Contractual Clauses Upheld (But There Are Still Major Challenges Ahead)

Mintz - Privacy & Cybersecurity Viewpoints on 7/16/2020

Organizations that transfer personal data from the European Union on the basis of the EU Commission-approved Standard Contractual Clauses (SCCs) may be breathing a sigh of relief on hearing that the SCCs have been upheld by...more

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