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The New UK International Data Transfer Agreement Is Ready To Go From March 21, 2022

The UK Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has just published the final form of its much-anticipated new International Data Transfer Agreement (IDTA), along with a separate addendum to the EU SCCs (SCCs Addendum). The...more

EU Data Protection Regulators Adopt Guidance on Personal Data Transfers

Many organizations around the world – and particularly companies in the United States – are directly affected by the EU Court of Justice’s July 2020 Schrems II decision casting doubt on the lawfulness of transferring personal...more

European Commission Adopts New Service Providers Standard Agreement (Controller-Processor SCCs)

The new standard agreement for service providers (which we’ll refer to as the Controller-Processor SCCs) adopted by the European Commission on June 4th was understandably a bit overshadowed by the release on the same date of...more

European Commission Adopts Final Version of New Data Transfer Agreement (SCCs)

The European Commission has adopted (at long last) an updated version of the Standard Contractual Clauses (SCCs), bringing this popular data transfer mechanism in line with the GDPR – and, we hope, the Schrems II decision. ...more

European Commission Publishes Draft Adequacy Decision for Transfers of Personal Data from the EU to the UK

In a solid step forward for EU to UK personal data transfers, the European Commission has published its draft adequacy decision that will (if finally adopted) permit personal data to flow freely from the EU to the UK. As we...more

Transferring Personal Data from the EU to the UK: Interim Solutions

The new 1,246-page Trade and Cooperation Agreement (TCA) between the United Kingdom and the European Union has ended the suspense over what restrictions will apply to the transfer of personal data between the EU and the UK...more

European Commission Publishes Proposed New Data Transfer Agreement

The European Commission has just published a consultation draft of the long-promised updated version of the Standard Contractual Clauses (SCCs). The SCCs are the most commonly used legal mechanism for transferring personal...more

EU Data Protection Regulators Issue Critical Draft Guidance on Personal Data Transfers

US companies and other organizations whose activities involve the use of personal information from Europe were unsettled by the EU Court of Justice’s July 2020 Schrems II decision that cast doubt on the lawfulness of...more

Brexit Transition Period: Guidance from Information Commissioner’s Office

Some US companies who do business in the UK are wondering whether they need to update their GDPR notices or take other steps now that the UK has officially left the European Union. The answer is: Not yet. The threat of a...more

Revised Guidelines on the Territorial Scope of the GDPR and Local Representatives

The European Data Protection Board (EDPB) recently published an updated version of its guidelines on the territorial scope of the GDPR, which were initially issued just over a year ago. The revised Guidelines do not...more

Brexit and UK-US data transfers: What’s the plan?

Despite the overall political uncertainty about Brexit, worries about a sudden stop to personal data transfers from the UK to the US are misplaced, deal or no deal.  There is, in fact, a plan, and it’s a reasonable, practical...more

That Local Representative Problem . . . and the New Guidelines on the Territorial Scope of the GDPR (Part I)

Companies based outside of the European Union sometimes find it challenging to determine whether the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) applies to them. And if they finally work out that the GDPR applies, they then...more

Practical GDPR Steps for US-Headquartered Life Sciences Companies

In case you had not heard, the European Union is replacing its current privacy laws with a new, comprehensive General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), which takes effect May 25, 2018. The essential principles of the EU’s...more

Working Towards GDPR Compliance – Practical Steps for US-Headquartered Life Sciences Companies

The European Union is replacing its current privacy laws with a new, comprehensive General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), which takes effect May 25, 2018. The essential principles of the EU’s privacy laws are unchanged,...more

EU Commission Confirms that Privacy Shield Survives its First Annual Review

As was generally expected from informal comments by EU representatives, Privacy Shield has survived its first annual review. Commissioner Jourova stated: “Our first review shows that the Privacy Shield works well, but there...more

The Cyber President? What To Expect From the Trump Administration On Cybersecurity And Privacy

Even president-elect Donald Trump has been the victim of a data breach. Several times actually. The payment card system for his Trump Hotel Collection was infected by malware in May 2014 and 70,000 credit card numbers were...more

State Data Security Breach Notification Laws - April 2016

The general definition of “personal information” used in the majority of statutes is: An individual’s first name or first initial and last name plus one or more of the following data elements: (i) Social Security number, (ii)...more

[Webinar] Compliance with EU Data Protection for US Companies - April 29, 1:00-2:00 EDT

This webinar, the fourth in our Privacy Series, will consider issues faced by US companies who do business in Europe or simply interact with European customers. We will look at how to determine whether EU data protection laws...more

The latest thinking from Europe (while we are waiting for the Regulation)

(LONDON) Privacy practitioners from the US and Europe gathered in London on April 30 and May 1 to discuss current thinking about privacy policy, regulation and compliance at the IAPP’s European Data Protection Intensive...more

New Timeline for Adoption of Definitive EU Data Protection Regulation

(LONDON) The European Commission announced yesterday that it is working towards a revised timeline for the adoption of a definitive Data Protection Regulation by the end of 2014. While Commissioner Viviane Reding’s...more

1/29/2014  /  Cybersecurity , Data Breach , Data Protection , EU , UK

Key EU Parliament Committee Endorses Revised Draft of Data Protection Regulation

(LONDON) As widely expected, the European Parliament’s Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs (LIBE) voted today in favor of a revised, even tougher draft of the Data Protection Regulation that will (if...more

Latest EU Proposal Will Force More Companies to Disclose Data Breaches

(LONDON) The European Commission recently published a draft “Cybersecurity Directive” which aims to increase the level of preparedness across the EU to deal with threats to network and information security. The Directive...more

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