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UK government establishes UK-U.S. Data Bridge

Constangy, Brooks, Smith & Prophete, LLP on 10/16/2023

The United Kingdom has announced its decision to establish the UK-U.S. Data Bridge. The UK-U.S. Data Bridge will allow UK businesses and organizations to transfer personal data to organizations in the United States that have...more

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

Latham & Watkins LLP on 8/1/2023

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

New EU-U.S. Data Privacy Framework Legalizes Personal Data Transfers from the EU to US

Guidepost Solutions LLC on 8/1/2023

On July 10, 2023, the European Commission announced that it had adopted its adequacy decision for the EU-U.S. Data Privacy Framework (EU-U.S. DPF). This long-awaited decision means that for the first time since the EU-U.S...more

New EU-US Data Privacy Framework (DPF)

Barnea Jaffa Lande & Co. on 7/24/2023

The European Commission published a very significant adequacy decision last week, which is expected to facilitate transfers of personal information from Europe to the United States. The decision came as part of the...more

New EU-US Data Transfer Framework Finalized: What Does the Future Hold?

Epiq on 7/19/2023

With data privacy landscapes changing around the globe, how can organizations handle cross-border deals while still remaining compliant? This has been a burning question over recent years....more

New EU-US Data Privacy Framework: What Companies Need to Know

McDermott Will & Emery on 7/14/2023

On July 10, 2023, the European Commission adopted its adequacy decision for the EU-US Data Privacy Framework (DPF). The decision concluded that the United States does ensure an adequate level of protection for transferring...more

The European Commission Adopts Adequacy Decision on EU-U.S. Data Privacy Framework

Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP on 7/14/2023

On 10 July 2023, the European Commission adopted its long-awaited adequacy decision for the EU-U.S. Data Privacy Framework (the DPF). With immediate effect, the adequacy decision provides a new lawful basis for transfers from...more

Client Alert: EU-US Data Protection Framework Adequacy Decision Approved

Jenner & Block on 7/14/2023

On July 10, 2023, the European Commission adopted its much-anticipated adequacy decision for the EU-US Data Privacy Framework (DPF). The decision concludes that the US ensures an adequate level of protection—comparable to...more

Data Transfer Déjà Vu: European Commission Approves Another EU-U.S. Data Transfer Mechanism

Vinson & Elkins LLP on 7/14/2023

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

The New EU-U.S. Data Privacy Framework in Half a Dozen FAQs

BakerHostetler on 7/13/2023

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

European Commission Adopts Adequacy Decision for Transatlantic Data Privacy Framework

Snell & Wilmer on 7/13/2023

After years of uncertainty in the privacy rules governing transfer of data from the EU to the U.S., the new transatlantic data privacy framework has finally been adopted. On July 10, the European Commission formally adopted...more

Adoption of EU/U.S. Data Privacy Framework

Husch Blackwell LLP on 7/13/2023

Key Point: The European Commission has adopted an adequacy decision for the EU-U.S. Data Privacy Framework, which allows certain businesses to transfer data from the EU to the U.S. without the need for additional transfer...more

European Commission Adopts EU-U.S. Data Privacy Framework

Warner Norcross + Judd on 7/12/2023

On Monday, the European Commission formally adopted the long-awaited adequacy decision on the EU-U.S. Data Privacy Framework (DPF). This decision concludes that the United States ensures an adequate level of protection,...more

The United States and European Commission Announce a New Trans-Atlantic Data Privacy Framework

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP on 4/6/2022

The United States ("U.S.") and the European Commission ("EU Commission") recently announced an “agreement in principle” to develop a new Trans-Atlantic Data Privacy Framework (“Framework”). The Framework is intended to...more

European Commission Proposes New Rules for Digital Platforms

Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati on 1/13/2021

On December 15, 2020, the European Commission (EC) unveiled a set of proposals to regulate digital platforms. The draft laws include antitrust-related requirements, addressed by the Digital Markets Act (DMA) and more general...more

European Commission and EDPB Provide Update on Efforts to Address Cross-Border Transfers After Schrems II

Husch Blackwell LLP on 9/8/2020

Keypoint: Representatives of the European Commission and EDPB advised that further guidance on cross-borders data transfers are forthcoming. Last week, Didier Reynders, European Commissioner for Justice, and Dr. Andrea...more

Schrems II and the Possibility of a Privacy Shield Successor: Will History Repeat Itself?

ArentFox Schiff on 8/20/2020

Last week started and ended with big announcements in the privacy world. At the end of the week, on August 14th, the regulations implementing the California Consumer Privacy Act of 2018 (CCPA) were finally declared final -...more

Privacy Shield: We've Lost the EU but We've Still Got Switzerland!

Foley Hoag LLP - Security, Privacy and the... on 8/4/2020

In the wake of the Schrems II decision invalidating the the EU-US Privacy Shield, the US Department of Commerce has decided it should make lemonade out of the Schrems lemons. The Department recently issued a set of FAQs,...more

EDPB Issues FAQ After Schrems II, EU Regulators Provide Conflicting Interpretations and Guidance

Foley & Lardner LLP on 8/4/2020

Still grappling with the aftershocks of the Schrems II decision from the CJEU on July 16 (we previously discussed the Schrems II decision here), the European Data Protection Board (“EDPB”) has issued a Frequently Asked...more

Schrems II Fallout Continued: Can Companies Rely on Consent?

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP on 8/3/2020

The EDPB has provided input about consent in its recent FAQs responding to the Schrems II invalidation of Privacy Shield. As we wrote about previously in this series, Schrems II impacted how companies transfer data from the...more

Special Report - Schrems II: What Does the CJEU’s Decision Mean for Transfers from the EEA to the US?

McDermott Will & Emery on 7/31/2020

In our Schrems II Practical Guidance special reports, members of McDermott’s internationally recognized Global Privacy & Cybersecurity group have outlined practical guidance and next steps to ensure your business is prepared...more

ECJ Invalidated the EU-US Privacy Shield Framework

Epstein Becker & Green on 7/29/2020

On July 7, the Court of Justice of the European Union (ECJ) invalidated the EU-US Privacy Shield framework in its ruling in Data Protection Commissioner v. Facebook Ireland and Maximillian Schrems (Case C-311/18). More than...more

European Data Protection Board Provides FAQ On Schrems II Privacy Shield Case

Fox Rothschild LLP on 7/27/2020

The European Data Protection Board (EDPB) has issued its much anticipated FAQs on the Court of Justice of the European Union's (CJEU) Schrems II decision. This document does not yet contain the "supplementary measures" that...more

Schrems II: SCCs Valid (in Principle), Privacy Shield Struck Down – Time for Action

Dechert LLP on 7/24/2020

Key Takeaways - The EU-U.S. Privacy Shield does not ensure an adequate level of protection of personal data and is therefore not a lawful basis for data transfers to the U.S....more

Compliance Perspectives: The End of the Privacy Shield

Society of Corporate Compliance and Ethics... on 7/23/2020

The Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) sent shockwaves through the privacy community last week. As Jonathan Armstrong of Cordery explains in this podcast, it put an effective end to the Privacy Shield because of...more

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