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

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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

BakerHostetler

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

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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

Lowenstein Sandler LLP

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

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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

Davis Wright Tremaine LLP

European Commission Releases Additional Guidance on SCCs for International Data Transfers

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

A&O Shearman

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

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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

Butler Snow LLP

The European Commission’s New Standard Contractual Clauses: Transferring Personal Data from the EU (A Long Overdue “Take Two”)

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On June 4, 2021, the European Commission adopted a new, highly anticipated set of standard contractual clauses to facilitate the transfer of personal data out of the European Economic Area (“EEA”) in accordance with the...more

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

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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

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

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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

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Practical Steps for Organizations to Use the New Standard Contractual Clauses

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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

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

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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

Morgan Lewis

UK Adequacy Decision for European Data Transfers

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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

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

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

Mintz - Privacy & Cybersecurity Viewpoints

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

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

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP

10 Things You Should Know About the New Standard Contractual Clauses

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

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BCLP Global Data Privacy FAQs: What is the current timing for release of the new EU SCCs?

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The current expectation is that the European Commission will issue the new SCCs in two weeks’ time (though this could be subject to delay). On 12 November 2020, the European Commission published a revised set of draft...more

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Regulators React to Invalidation of Privacy Shield

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As discussed in a previous advisory, the European Union’s supreme court, the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU), invalidated the EU-U.S. Privacy Shield Framework (Privacy Shield) in its July 16, 2020 decision in...more

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Privacy Shield: We've Lost the EU but We've Still Got Switzerland!

In the wake of the Schrems II decision invalidating the the EU-US Privacy Shield, the US Department of Commerce has decided it should make lemonade out of the Schrems lemons. The Department recently issued a set of FAQs,...more

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

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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

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Alert: Europe’s Highest Court Invalidates the EU-US Privacy Shield, Casts Doubt on Viability of Model Clauses for Data Transfers...

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On July 16, 2020, the Court of Justice of the European Union issued a decision that uprooted long-standing legal frameworks on which thousands of US and EU companies have relied to transfer personal data from the EU to the...more

Orrick - Employment Law and Litigation

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

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

Fenwick & West LLP

5 Actions to Take in Reaction to the EU Invalidation of Privacy Shield

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In a landmark opinion issued on July 16, 2020, the European Court of Justice overturned the EU-U.S. Privacy Shield, less than four years after the European Commission decision that the privacy principles of the EU-U.S....more

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

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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

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5 Key Things to Know about the Landmark Schrems II Decision

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Quick Links - CJEU Press Release - CJEU Decision - Press Releases from the Parties - Irish Data Protection Commission - Max Schrems - U.S. Department of Commerce - Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC) - BSA The...more

Mintz - Privacy & Cybersecurity Viewpoints

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

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

Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP

EU’s Latest Decision on International Data Transfers Provides Temporary Relief for U.S. Businesses

The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) provides that personal data may only be transferred to a country outside the European Economic Area (EEA) if that country ensures an adequate level of protection for personal...more

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