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New EU-U.S. Data Privacy Framework Legalizes Personal Data Transfers from the EU to US

Guidepost Solutions LLC on 8/1/2023

On July 10, 2023, the European Commission announced that it had adopted its adequacy decision for the EU-U.S. Data Privacy Framework (EU-U.S. DPF). This long-awaited decision means that for the first time since the EU-U.S...more

Adoption of EU/U.S. Data Privacy Framework

Husch Blackwell LLP on 7/13/2023

Key Point: The European Commission has adopted an adequacy decision for the EU-U.S. Data Privacy Framework, which allows certain businesses to transfer data from the EU to the U.S. without the need for additional transfer...more

Client Alert: European Commission’s Adequacy Decision Sets Standards for US Companies to Receive Personal Data from EU Under the...

Neal, Gerber & Eisenberg LLP on 7/13/2023

On July 10, 2023, the European Commission concluded that the US ensures an adequate level of protection for personal data transferred from the European Union to US companies under the new EU-US Data Privacy Framework. Based...more

Get Ready to Update Your Binding Corporate Rules Regulators Expand Requirements

McDermott Will & Emery on 7/7/2023

At the end of June, the European Data Protection Board (EDPB) published its Recommendations (Recs) on Binding Corporate Rules (BCRs). Among other things, the Recs require existing and in process BCRs to: - Incorporate...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

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

Advocate General of ECJ on GDPR Damages. Is relief from non-substantial claims in sight?

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP on 10/17/2022

While claims for damages in the event of data protection violations have theoretically existed for some time, they have been gaining in importance since the introduction of the General Data Protection Regulation ("GDPR")....more

U.S. And EU Reach Political Agreement on a New Trans-Atlantic Data Privacy Framework: The Implications for Businesses

Goodwin on 3/30/2022

On 25 March 2022, President Biden and the President of the European Commission (“EC”) von der Leyen announced that the U.S. and EU reached an agreement in principle on a new Trans-Atlantic Data Privacy framework for...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

NGE On Demand: Personal Data Protection Travels: The New Standard Contractual Clause with John Koenigsknecht and David Wheeler

Neal, Gerber & Eisenberg LLP on 7/15/2021

NGE Corporate & Securities partner John Koenigsknecht recently interviewed Data Privacy & Information Governance partner David Wheeler about the new standard contractual clauses and the complex task of assessing and...more

Neue Standardvertragsklauseln der EU veröffentlicht!

McDermott Will & Emery on 6/8/2021

Am vergangenen Freitag, den 04. April 2021, hat die EU-Kommission dem internationalen Datenverkehr ein wichtiges Update verpasst: die neuen EU-Standardvertragsklauseln (Standard Contractual Clauses; SCC) wurden...more

European Commission adopts and publishes new Standard Contractual Clauses for international transfers of personal data

WilmerHale on 6/7/2021

On June 4th, 2021, the European Commission adopted and published a new set of so-called standard contractual clauses (“SCCs”) providing a legal basis for international transfers of personal data from the EU/EEA to third...more

European Commission Approves New Standard Contractual Clauses for Transfer of European Personal Data

Foley & Lardner LLP on 6/7/2021

Earlier today, the European Commission approved and adopted a new version of the Standard Contractual Clauses (SCCs) that revises how data may be transferred by including additional privacy and legal safeguards. The remodeled...more

Go With the Flow: Developments in Cross-Border Data Flows Following Schrems II and the Release of New Draft International Standard...

Snell & Wilmer on 3/19/2021

In an increasingly datafied and globalized world, businesses have become reliant upon the seamless flow of cross-border data transfers. Transatlantic data flows play an important role in the U.S. economy. The U.S. and the...more

The Impact of Schrems II & Key Considerations for Companies Using M365: The Background

Lighthouse on 3/19/2021

In 2016, European companies doing business in the US were able to breathe a sigh of relief. The European Commission deemed the Privacy Shield to be an adequate privacy protection. For the next half a decade, this shield, as...more

Cross-Border Data Transfers and the EU-US Data Privacy Tug of War

Lighthouse on 12/8/2020

Melina Efstathiou of Eversheds joins Bill and Rob to discuss this summer’s surprise decision by the European Court of Justice invalidating the EU-US Privacy Shield. The three will also dive into the current state of other...more

European Court of Justice Invalidates EU-US Privacy Shield Framework

Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP on 10/1/2020

This past July, a decision by the European Court of Justice (ECJ) struck down the European Union-United States Privacy Shield framework (EU-U.S. Privacy Shield), one mechanism through which companies could transfer personal...more

[Webinar] Now What? Cross-Border and International Discovery Post-Schrems II - September 15th, 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm EDT

Association of Certified E-Discovery... on 9/1/2020

Cross-border and international discovery can be complicated. And the recent invalidation of the EU-U.S. Privacy Shield Program by the European Union Court of Justice in Irish Data Protection Commissioner v. Facebook Ireland...more

Schrems II and the Possibility of a Privacy Shield Successor: Will History Repeat Itself?

ArentFox Schiff on 8/20/2020

Last week started and ended with big announcements in the privacy world. At the end of the week, on August 14th, the regulations implementing the California Consumer Privacy Act of 2018 (CCPA) were finally declared final -...more

Lösungsansätze für grenzüberschreitende Datentransfers nach dem Schrems II-Urteil des EuGH

Latham & Watkins LLP on 8/17/2020

Fragen, Antworten und Praxistipps zum weiteren Einsatz von Standardvertragsklauseln - Der Europäische Gerichtshof (EuGH) hat mit seinem Urteil vom 16. Juli 2020, Rechtssache C-311/18 („Schrems II“) die Rahmenbedingungen...more

What's Next after the Schrems II Decision of ECJ

Kilpatrick on 8/10/2020

Kilpatrick Townsend Partner Amanda Witt, Professor Nico Härting, and Nicole Beranek Zanon discussed the consequences of the Schrems II decision of the ECJ for international data transfers during a recent webinar. Each gave...more

ECJ Invalidated the EU-US Privacy Shield Framework

Epstein Becker & Green on 7/29/2020

On July 7, the Court of Justice of the European Union (ECJ) invalidated the EU-US Privacy Shield framework in its ruling in Data Protection Commissioner v. Facebook Ireland and Maximillian Schrems (Case C-311/18). More than...more

EU Court Invalidates Privacy Shield: Standard Contracts Clauses Survive - for Now

Snell & Wilmer on 7/27/2020

On July 16, 2020, the Court of Justice of the European Union (“ECJ”), EU’s highest court, issued a judgment which (i) immediately invalidated the EU – U.S. Data Privacy Shield Framework (“Privacy Shield”)1 and (ii) maintained...more

The U.S. State Department Weighs In On Schrems II

Fox Rothschild LLP on 7/27/2020

“The United States shares the values of rule of law and protection of our democracies with our partners in the European Union (EU). Therefore, we are deeply disappointed that the Court of Justice of the European Union (ECJ)...more

European Court Strikes Down Important Data Transfer Mechanism With Immediate Effect

King & Spalding on 7/24/2020

GDPR, the key piece of European privacy law, sets out strict controls on the transfer of personal data from the EU to non-EU jurisdictions and makes it unlawful to transfer personal data from the EU to a non-EU based...more

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