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
7/19/2023
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Binding Corporate Rules ,
Certification Requirements ,
Data Privacy ,
EU ,
Executive Orders ,
Framework Agreement ,
International Data Transfers ,
Personal Data ,
Privacy Framework ,
Standard Contractual Clauses ,
Switzerland ,
UK
On June 4, 2021, the European Commission (the “EC”) abolished the old Standard Contractual Clauses (the “Old SCCs”) and published a new more flexible set of clauses (the “New SCCs”) for companies that wish to export personal...more
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
3/30/2022
/ Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) ,
Data Protection ,
EU ,
EU-US Privacy Shield ,
European Commission ,
European Court of Justice (ECJ) ,
European Data Protection Board (EDPB) ,
International Data Transfers ,
Personal Data ,
Schrems I & Schrems II ,
Standard Contractual Clauses
The European Data Protection Board (EDPB) recently published Minutes of its last plenary meeting held in September, which sheds light on how the EDPB plans to address the biggest open issue of the new Standard Contractual...more
The dust has settled on the new EU standard contractual clauses for cross-border data transfers (“New SCCs”), but confusion still reins on how the New SCCs cover data transfers and what companies need to do to take advantage...more
8/27/2021
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Data Controller ,
Data Privacy ,
Data Processors ,
Data Protection ,
Data Transfers ,
EU ,
European Data Protection Board (EDPB) ,
General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) ,
Impact Assessments ,
Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) ,
International Data Transfers ,
Personal Data ,
Schrems I & Schrems II ,
Standard Contractual Clauses ,
UK
Risks of non-compliance with the GDPR keep increasing with data protection authorities (DPAs) now ordering suspension of transfers of personal data to the U.S. In March, the Bavarian DPA found there was an unlawful transfer...more
The UK Information Commissioner’s Office (“ICO”) has published a letter sent to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. The ICO confirms that it is possible for SEC regulated UK firms to transfer personal data to the...more
3/23/2021
/ Brokers ,
Financial Institutions ,
Financial Services Industry ,
General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) ,
Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) ,
International Data Transfers ,
Investment Management ,
Personal Data ,
Public Interest ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
UK
Earlier this year, the European Data Protection Board (“EDPB”) issued additional guidance on the application of the General Data Protection Regulation (“GDPR”) in the area of scientific health research.
In key takeaways...more
3/5/2021
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Data Protection ,
Data Protection Impact Assessments (DPIAs) ,
EU ,
European Commission ,
European Data Protection Board (EDPB) ,
General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) ,
International Data Transfers ,
Member State ,
Personal Data ,
Scientific Research
On 15 January, 2021, the European Data Protection Board (“EDPB”) and the European Data Protection Supervisor (“EDPS”) adopted a joint opinion (“Joint Opinion”) on the draft new sets of Standard Contractual Clauses (“New...more
1/28/2021
/ Data Protection ,
EDPS ,
EU ,
EU Data Protection Laws ,
European Commission ,
European Data Protection Board (EDPB) ,
General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) ,
International Data Transfers ,
Personal Data ,
Schrems I & Schrems II ,
Standard Contractual Clauses
Today (July 16) Europe’s highest court, the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU), in the case of Data Protection Commissioner v Facebook Ireland and Maximillian Schrems (Schrems II) invalidated the EU–U.S. Privacy...more
7/17/2020
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Data Controller ,
Data Processors ,
Data Protection ,
EU ,
EU-US Privacy Shield ,
European Economic Area (EEA) ,
General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) ,
Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) ,
International Data Transfers ,
Standard Contractual Clauses
The UK Supreme Court held, in the case of Elgizouli v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2020] UKSC 10, that the Home Secretary breached the Data Protection Act 2018 (DPA), the UK data protection legislation which...more