On July 10, 2023, the European Commission (the “Commission”) adopted an adequacy decision for the EU-U.S. Data Privacy Framework (the “Framework”).
The Framework provides companies that opt in with a legitimate means of...more
7/14/2023
/ Cross-Border ,
Cybersecurity ,
Data Privacy ,
Data Transfers ,
EU ,
EU-US Privacy Shield ,
European Commission ,
European Economic Area (EEA) ,
General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) ,
International Data Transfers ,
US-EU Safe Harbor Framework
The European Union’s (“EU”) Data Protection Commission (the “Commission”) recently fined Meta Ireland $1.3 billion (or €1.2 billion) for improper data transfers from the European Economic Area (“EEA”) to the United States in...more
On November 18, 2021, the European Data Protection Board (“EDPB”) issued guidelines on the interplay between provisions in the General Data Protection Regulation (“GDPR”) governing scope and applicability and those governing...more
On December 24, 2020, the European Commission and the United Kingdom reached an agreement in principle on the long-awaited Trade and Cooperation Agreement (the “Trade Agreement”). For now, transfers of personal data from the...more
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
7/17/2020
/ Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) ,
Data Protection ,
EU ,
EU-US Privacy Shield ,
European Commission ,
European Economic Area (EEA) ,
General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) ,
Safe Harbors ,
SCC ,
Schrems I & Schrems II ,
UK