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DOJ Final Rule Targets Cross-Border Data Transfers: Key Implications for U.S. and Foreign-Owned Companies Operating in the U.S.

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In the final days of the Biden administration the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) issued a sweeping set of regulations which are in effect as of yesterday, April 8, 2025. The regulations focus on cross-border data transfers...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

FTC Keeps Sights on Data Brokers that Sell Sensitive Location Sites

The Federal Trade Commission recently settled complaints against two data brokers over their handling of consumers’ sensitive location information. The agency alleged that such practices constitute unfair practices. Under the...more

Fox Rothschild LLP

GDPR Question: What Do You Do With a US Court Order?

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So you have a court order from a U.S. court seeking data? In the words of Shania Twain, “That don’t impress me much!” The European Data Protection Board recently issued an opinion on cross border transfers pursuant to Art 48...more

Venable LLP

Key Insights: DOJ's Proposed Rule to Protect Bulk Sensitive Personal Data—What Companies Need to Know

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Earlier this year, the Biden administration issued Executive Order (EO) 14117, which instructed the Department of Justice (DOJ) to create a framework that would prohibit certain data transactions. ...more

Dorsey & Whitney LLP

Justice Proposes to Restrict U.S. Personal Data to Countries of Concern, Including China

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The U.S. Department of Justice (“DOJ”) released a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (“Proposed Rule”) on October 21 that would prohibit or restrict the transfer of certain data of U.S. persons to China and other countries of...more

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DOJ Issues NPRM Regarding Sensitive Data Transfers

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With the publication of a recent Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM), the Department of Justice National Security Division will soon become an important new regulator of transactions involving the transfer of sensitive U.S....more

Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP

The Cybersecurity Administration of China Issues Relaxed Rules for Cross-Border Data Transfers

On March 22, 2024, the Cybersecurity Administration of China (CAC), issued the long-awaited new Regulations on Promoting and Regulating Cross-Border Data Flows (the New Regulations) for compliance with China's Personal...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

China Issues Regulations on Facilitating and Regulating Cross-Border Data Flow

On March 22, 2024, nearly six months after the release of the “draft Provisions on Regulating and Promoting Cross-border Data Transfer” (the “Draft Rules”), the Cybersecurity Administration of China (the “CAC”) formally...more

A&O Shearman

China passes provisions to relax the cross-border data transfer regime

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China has passed provisions which relax the current cross-border data transfer mechanisms. This comes as welcome news to the international business community, especially those with the need to export data from China in the...more

White & Case LLP

China Released New Regulations to Ease Requirements for Outbound Cross-Border Data Transfers

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On March 22, 2024, the Cyberspace Administration of China (the "CAC") issued the highly anticipated final Regulations on Promoting and Regulating Cross-Border Data Flows (the "Regulations on Cross-Border Data Flows"),...more

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GBA Standard Contract to Promote Cross-Border Data Flow: HKSAR and the GBA - a Standard Contract

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On 13 December 2023, the Innovation, Technology and Industry Bureau (ITIB) and the Cyberspace Administration of China (CAC) issued the “Standard Contract for the Cross-boundary Flow of Personal Information Within the...more

Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati

New Executive Order Restricts Certain Cross-Border Transactions Involving Sensitive Personal Data of U.S. Citizens

On February 28, 2024, President Biden signed Executive Order 14117 (the Order) aimed at protecting Americans’ sensitive personal data and U.S. Government-related data from exploitation by “countries of concern.” This move...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

DPA 101: Do You Know Where Your Data Is?

As more and more states enact laws that mirror aspects of GDPR, and as companies begin to get used to the EU’s new standard contractual clauses, now may be a good opportunity for a refresh on data sharing agreements. As most...more

Alston & Bird

CBDF Research Fellow Theodore Christakis Publishes Study on Cross-Border Data Transfers and the EU’s “Zero Risk” Approach

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Theodore Christakis, Professor of International Law at the University Grenoble Alpes and Senior Fellow and Director of Research for Europe at the Cross-Border Data Forum, has published a new comprehensive analysis on...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

Privacy Day 2024: A Look Back at Developments from 2024

From the expansion of “general privacy” laws in US states and concerns over cross-border data transfers, to global focus on artificial intelligence, surveillance and dark patterns, 2023 was a busy year. Our privacy team...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

China Released Draft Rules Regulating and Promoting Cross-Border Data Transfer

On September 28, 2023, the Cybersecurity Administration of China (the “CAC”) published a set of draft Provisions on Regulating and Promoting Cross-border Data Transfer (the “Draft Rules”) to solicit public comments. It has...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

China Intends To Ease Controls Over Cross-Border Data Transfers

On September 28, 2023, the Cyberspace Administration of China (CAC) published the draft Provisions on Regulating and Promoting Cross-Border Data Transfers (Draft Provisions). If adopted into law in their current form, the...more

Jenner & Block

Client Alert: UK and US Agree to “Data Bridge”

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On the heels of the EU-US Data Privacy Framework (DPF), another bridge has been built across the Atlantic to streamline data transfers between businesses. In July, the European Commission adopted its much-anticipated...more

American Conference Institute (ACI)

[Event] 5th Conference on U.S.-China Trade Controls - October 12th - 13th, Washington, DC

As the only comprehensive, practical event of its kind in the Unites States, ACI is hosting the highly anticipated 5th Annual U.S.-China Trade Controls Conference, scheduled for October 12–13 in Washington, DC. Considering...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

Considerations for Participation in the EU-US Data Privacy Framework

Now that the EU has adopted its adequacy decision for the EU-US Data Privacy Framework (DPF), many companies are assessing whether participation makes sense. Participation by a US entity is a mechanism -but not the only...more

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New EU-US Data Privacy Framework Promises Greater Ease for Cross-Border Transfers, but Uncertainty Remains

On July 10, 2023, the European Commission (EC) adopted its adequacy decision for the EU-U.S. Data Privacy Framework (EU-U.S. DPF, or “Privacy Framework”), which establishes the Privacy Framework as an authorized mechanism...more

Constangy, Brooks, Smith & Prophete, LLP

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

On July 10, 2023, the European Commission (“EC”) adopted its adequacy decision for the EU-U.S. Data Privacy Framework (“EU-U.S. DPF”). Nearly three years after the Court of Justice of the European Union (“CJEU”)...more

Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati

European Commission Proposes New Rules for Cross Border GDPR Enforcement

On July 4, 2023, the European Commission (EC) published its proposal for a regulation laying down additional procedural rules for the enforcement of the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) (proposal). The proposal...more

WilmerHale

China Updates Specification on Security Certification for Cross-Border Personal Information Processing Activities

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On December 16, 2022 – less than six months after the initial version (“V1.0”) was released in June 2022, and within six weeks after the draft revision was issued on November 8 – the National Information Security...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

EU’s Initial Response to US Proposed Data Transfers Framework

The EU released its draft adequacy decision for the EU-US Data Privacy Framework, but all is not smooth sailing. As we wrote in October, the US developed the proposed new framework in response to the declared inadequacy of...more

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