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Switzerland Gives Green Light for New Data Transfer Framework

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The Swiss-U.S. Data Privacy Framework (Swiss-U.S. Framework) took a significant step to becoming operational this week, when Switzerland officially added the United States to its list of countries that provide “adequate...more

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Update: Transfers under the Swiss-U.S. Data Privacy Framework

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The Swiss Federal Council has added the U.S. to the list of countries with an adequate level of data protection. Effective September 15, 2024, U.S. organizations that certify to the Swiss–U.S. Data Privacy Framework (DPF) can...more

Latham & Watkins LLP

EU-US Data Privacy Framework Goes Live: What Are the Practical Implications?

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The new framework provides an additional route for personal data transfers from the EEA to the US. On 10 July 2023, the European Commission (EC) took the final step to enable businesses to start relying on the new EU-US...more

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European Commission Grants EU-U.S. Data Privacy Framework Adequacy Determination

Summary - On July 10, 2023, the European Commission issued an adequacy decision for the EU-U.S. Data Privacy Framework (“EU-U.S. DPF” or “DPF”). The decision concludes that the U.S. ensures an adequate level of protection...more

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What Companies Need to Know About the New EU-US Data Privacy Framework for Cross-Border Data Transfers

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On July 10, 2023, the European Commission adopted an adequacy decision for the new EU-US Data Privacy Framework (“DPF”), the revamped transatlantic framework designed to support transfers of personal data from the EU to...more

Wiley Rein LLP

Companies May Begin Submitting EU-U.S. Data Privacy Framework Certifications

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As of July 17, 2023, the Data Privacy Framework website and certification mechanism is fully functional and organizations that are approved under the EU-U.S. Data Privacy Framework (Framework) may begin taking advantage of...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

Womble Bond Dickinson

European Commission Approves EU-US Data Privacy Framework for Data Transfers - What Does This Mean for Your Organization?

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On July 10, 2023, the EU Commission approved the EU-U.S. Data Privacy Framework (“EU-US DPF”) as a valid transfer mechanism for sharing personal data from European Economic Area countries (those in the EU plus Iceland,...more

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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

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

Swiss-U.S. Privacy Shield No Longer Adequate for Data Transfers

The Federal Data Protection and Information Commissioner (FDPIC) has determined that the Swiss-United States Privacy Shield does not provide an adequate level of data protection for data transfers from Switzerland to the U.S....more

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Privacy Talk | The New Swiss Data Protection Act

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A discussion between Kilpatrick Townsend Partner Amanda Witt and Nicole Beranek Zanon, founding partner of de la cruz Beranek Rechtsanwälte AG, on the new Swiss Data Protection Act and its impact for U.S. clients....more

Latham & Watkins LLP

Swiss Regulator Determines Swiss-US Privacy Shield Is Inadequate

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Swiss companies are advised to take additional measures when transferring personal data from Switzerland to the US. On 8 September 2020, the Swiss data protection authority, Adrian Lobsiger (the Federal Data Protection and...more

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Swiss Privacy Authority Considers Swiss–U.S. Privacy Shield No Longer Valid

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On September 8, 2020, the Swiss Federal Data Protection and Information Commissioner (FDPIC) announced that it no longer considers the Swiss-U.S. Privacy Shield (Swiss Shield) to provide adequate protections for transfers of...more

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Commerce Department Addresses Schrems II Decision’s Impact On Swiss-US Privacy Shield

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The U.S. Department of Commerce (DoC)has updated its Frequently Asked Questions piece on the Swiss-U.S. Privacy Shield to address questions raised by the the Schrems II decision regarding the EU-U.S. Privacy Shield...more

Mintz - Privacy & Cybersecurity Viewpoints

More Dominos Fall on the Data Protection Table

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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