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The European Union is an economic and political partnership comprised of 27 nations within the Eurozone. The EU was established in 1948 to promote stability and cooperation among member states in the aftermath of WWII. The EU maintains a common currency as well as several intranational institutions, including the European Parliament and the European Commission. less -
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Guernsey data protection series – international data transfers

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This briefing is a part of a Walkers series on the Data Protection (Bailiwick of Guernsey) Law, 2017 (the "DPL"), and deals with the transfer of personal data outside Guernsey. A "data transfer" occurs when an individual's...more

McDermott Will & Emery

New EU-US Data Privacy Framework: What Companies Need to Know

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On July 10, 2023, the European Commission adopted its adequacy decision for the EU-US Data Privacy Framework (DPF). The decision concluded that the United States does ensure an adequate level of protection for transferring...more

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The European Commission Adopts Adequacy Decision on EU-U.S. Data Privacy Framework

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On 10 July 2023, the European Commission adopted its long-awaited adequacy decision for the EU-U.S. Data Privacy Framework (the DPF). With immediate effect, the adequacy decision provides a new lawful basis for transfers from...more

Alston & Bird

EU Standard Contractual Clauses (SCCs) Deadline is Looming

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Companies relying on the SCCs as a data transfer tool have less than a month to update their existing contracts (if they haven’t done so already). WHAT HAPPENED? The EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) allows...more

Mintz - Privacy & Cybersecurity Viewpoints

EU Personal Data Transfers Deadline: New SCCs must be put in place by December 27, 2022

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Deadline to adopt EU Standard Contractual Clauses - Many organizations uses the European Union’s Standard Contractual Clauses (SCCs) to govern their transfers of personal data from the European Economic Area (EEA) to other...more

Morgan Lewis

Switzerland Publishes Adequacy List of Countries Receiving Personal Data Transfers

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The Swiss government has drafted a proposed list of countries that are approved to receive personal data transfers out of Switzerland. Japan and South Korea are excluded from the current and proposed lists, requiring...more

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New UK International Data Transfer Agreement and a New Approach to UK Data Transfers

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Do you transfer or receive personal data from the United Kingdom? If so, there are some important developments in the UK to factor into your data protection compliance program. In a major change of policy, some organizations...more

Mayer Brown

Data Transfers from Europe and Beyond: The New EU SCCs and Other Changes in International Data

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Businesses today are data driven and data dependent, but the rules that govern how data can be used and shared across borders are becoming increasingly tricky for international organizations to navigate, subject to constantly...more

Burns & Levinson LLP

Navigating the New Standard Contractual Clauses

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The European Commission published its implementing decision for the new Standard Contractual Clauses (“SCC”) in June of 2021.  On September 27, 2021, the old SCCs that had been adopted prior to the General Data Protection...more

McDermott Will & Emery

Nach Schrems-II-Urteil: Fragebogen als Arbeitshilfe auch für Arbeitgeber

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Das Portal fragdenstaat.de (Link) hat einen Fragebogen der Hamburgischen Datenschutzbehörde veröffentlicht, mit Hilfe dessen die Behörde die Umsetzung des Schrems-II-Urteils exemplarisch am Einsatz von Office 365 überprüft....more

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Implementation of New Standard Contractual Clauses

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On 12 November 2020, the European Commission (Commission) published a draft Implementing Decision on standard contractual clauses for the transfer of personal data to third countries pursuant to the EU General Data Protection...more

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EU Seeking Comment on Revisions to Standard Contractual Clauses

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One of the methods US and EU companies rely on most frequently for the transfer of personal data from the EU to the US are standard contractual clauses. For the method to be acceptable as a valid basis for transfer of...more

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New Guidelines for EU-US Data Transfers

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Last week saw major innovations in the law of data transfer from the European Economic Area (EEA) to other countries, including the United States. This alert covers one of them: new guidelines from the European Data...more

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Information Technology Industry Council Urges EU-US Cooperation To Avoid Data Transfer Disruption

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The Information Technology Industry Council (ITI) issued a statement on Schrems II: Many small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs) are affected by the Court of Justice of the European Union decision and need guidance and a...more

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Transferring Employee Data After EU-U.S. Privacy Shield Invalidated

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Businesses are now prohibited from transferring employee personal data from the European Economic Area (EEA) to the U.S. under the EU-U.S. Privacy Shield program. The Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) declared the...more

Fox Rothschild LLP

Ten Tips For Handling EU-US Data Transfers Post Schrems II

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In a landmark decision in what is popularly known as the "Schrems II" case, the Court of Justice of the European Union invalidated the EU-U.S. Privacy Shield, the framework that facilitated the transfers of personal data from...more

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Governments, Data Protection Authorities React To EU-US Privacy Shield Ruling

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The European Court of Justice’s ruling in Schrems II, invalidating the EU-U.S. Privacy Shield framework as a means of transmitting personal data from the EU to the U.S., has drawn swift reaction from data protection...more

Vinson & Elkins LLP

The EU-U.S. Privacy Shield Is Down: CJEU Decides Schrems II

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On July 16, 2020, the Court of Justice of the European Union (“CJEU”) announced their decision in case C-311/18, better known as Schrems II. Late last year, the Advocate General issued a nonbinding opinion declaring the use...more

BakerHostetler

German Data Protection Authority Issues Fines for Unlawful Cross-Atlantic Data Transfers

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The Data Protection Authority of Hamburg, Germany has made good on its promise to audit cross-Atlantic data transfers in the wake of the October 2015 Safe Harbor decision. On June 6, the Hamburg DPA announced that it had...more

Mintz - Privacy & Cybersecurity Viewpoints

EU Round-UP: Safe Harbor 2.0 and Upcoming National Challenges

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EU Commissioner Vera Jourova recently announced in a speech to the EU Parliament’s Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs (LIBE) that the Commission and the US have made substantial progress in finalizing a...more

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European Union and United States Agree in Principle on New Safe Harbor Framework

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On Monday, October 26, European Union Justice Commissioner Vera Jourová delivered a speech before the European Parliament in which she noted that the European Union and the United States had agreed “in principle” on a new...more

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German DPAs Announce Policy Severely Limiting Mechanisms for Lawful Germany-to-U.S. Data Transfers

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Over the course of the coming weeks, we will examine the various options available to companies in light of the European Court of Justice’s (CJEU) decision invalidating the US-EU Safe Harbor framework, including model...more

Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP

Advertising Law - October 2015 #3

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With EU Safe Harbor Invalidated, Companies Ask: What Now? - What happens now?: That is the question that businesses across the country are asking after the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) threw out the...more

Mintz - Privacy & Cybersecurity Viewpoints

More Dominos Fall on the Data Protection Table

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As all of our readers know by now, as of October 6, the US-EU Safe Harbor Framework is no more. Safe Harbor was the mechanism on which thousands of US companies (and thousands of companies based in the European Union)...more

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Safe Harbor Update: Safe Harbor Sequel Coming Soon?

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As we wrote on October 6, 2015, the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) announced its invalidation of the U.S.-EU Safe Harbor program as a legally valid pathway for transferring personal data of European Union (EU)...more

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