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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
Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (“FISA”) has been a looming presence in the European privacy landscape since Edward Snowden first leaked the PRISM files in 2013. Surveillance authorized under FISA 702...more
On October 7, 2022, President Biden signed Executive Order (EO) 14086, “Enhancing Safeguards for United States Signals Intelligence Activities,” which provides a new framework for legal data transfers between the European...more
On October 7, President Joe Biden signed an Executive Order (EO) on Enhancing Safeguards for United States Signals Intelligence Activities, which is intended to move forward next steps in the EU US Privacy Shield Framework...more
There is new hope for companies that transfer data from Europe to the United States that the return of a less administratively burdensome mechanism is on the horizon...more
US President Joseph Biden signed the long-anticipated Executive Order on Enhancing Safeguard for United States Signals Intelligence Activities (EO) on October 7, 2022, providing enhanced protections in an effort to restore...more
In a string of executive actions unveiled on October 7, 2022, the U.S. government took steps to implement the EU-U.S. Data Privacy Framework (DPF), the third attempt to secure trans-Atlantic data flows after the European...more
President Biden issued an executive order (EO) increasing protections and safeguards for personal data subject to signals intelligence activities. It also establishes a redress mechanism for residents of qualifying states who...more
The Executive Order hopes to address what had been shortcomings in the previous Safe Harbor and Privacy Shield programs that were struck down by EU courts in 2015 and 2020 respectively. On October 7, 2022, President...more
On October 7, 2022, President Biden signed an Executive Order (“EO”) implementing the new trans-Atlantic EU-U.S. Data Privacy Framework (“EU-U.S. DPF”). The EU-U.S. DPF, previously announced by President Biden and the...more
On October 7, 2022, President Biden signed an Executive Order on “Enhancing Safeguards for United States Signals Intelligence Activities,” establishing new privacy safeguards and oversight mechanisms for foreign intelligence...more
On 25 March 2022, the European Commission and United States announced an agreement in principle on a new Trans-Atlantic Data Privacy Framework. If passed into law, the framework will facilitate the transfer of personal data...more
Updata is an international report produced by Eversheds Sutherland’s dedicated Privacy and Cybersecurity team – it provides you with a compilation of key privacy and cybersecurity regulatory and legal developments from the...more
The movement to localize some or all of internet data has grown over the past five years as countries introduce new laws restricting data flows, and others try to boost local businesses by placing burdens on international...more
The European Parliament is urging the United States to reform its surveillance laws to pave the way for transfers of personal data between the European Union and the U.S. "For data controllers that fall within the scope of...more
The European Data Protection Board (EDPB) has issued its long-awaited practical guidance following the Court of Justice of the European Union’s (CJEU) landmark Schrems II decision....more
Keypoint: The EDPB’s much-anticipated recommendations will help companies identify the supplementary measures they need to put into place to comply with the CJEU’s Schrems II decision. Today, the European Data Protection...more
On July 16, 2020, Europe’s Court of Justice issued a much-anticipated judgment on the validity of Decision 2016/1250 on the adequacy of the EU-US Data Protection Shield (the “US/EU Privacy Shield”) and Decision 2010/87 on...more
On July 16, 2020, the Court of Justice of the European Union delivered its decision in Data Protection Commissioner v. Facebook Ireland Ltd. and Maximillian Schrems, which invalidated EU Commission Decision 2016/1250 (the...more
The Court of Justice of the European Union today invalidated the EU-US Privacy Shield and called into question the extent to which EU data exporters could rely on the European Commission’s Standard Contractual Clauses for...more
Yesterday, the Court of Justice of the EU (“CJEU”) issued a judgment with two important outcomes: (1) invalidation of the U.S.-EU Privacy Shield as a basis for transfers of personal data from the EU to the U.S.; and (2)...more
Yesterday, the Court of Justice of the EU has handed down its judgment in the highly-anticipated Facebook Ireland case (aka Schrems II) and invalidated the Privacy Shield Decision. For those of you who have followed this...more
The judgment by the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) in the case known as “Schrems II” has far-reaching impact for businesses looking to ensure continuity of personal data flows between the EU and the US and...more
On July 16, 2020, the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) announced its judgment in the so-called Schrems II case (Case C-311/18), declaring that the EU-U.S. Privacy Shield is invalid because it does not provide an...more
On December 19, 2019, in the Facebook Ireland and Schrems (Schrems 2.0) case, the Advocate General (AG) to the European Court of Justice (ECJ)—European Union's highest court—opined that the EU Standard Contractual Clauses...more