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European Commission publishes first report on adequacy decision of the EU-US DPF

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On October 9, 2024, the European Commission (the Commission) published a report on the first periodic review of the adequacy decision of July 10, 2023. This decision determined that the EU-U.S. Data Privacy Framework (the...more

Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP

Privacy, Data and Cybersecurity Quick Clicks | Issue 22

Katten's Privacy, Data and Cybersecurity Quick Clicks is a monthly newsletter highlighting the latest news and legal developments involving privacy, data and cybersecurity issues across the globe....more

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Uncertainty remains on EU-US data transfers

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A new framework has been adopted for data transfers between the European Union and the United States. But is it legally sound? On 20 September 2023, the European Commission’s new Adequacy Decision for companies in the...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

Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck

U.S. Companies Now Have a Framework for EU-U.S. Personal Data Transfers

In a significant milestone for EU-U.S. cross-border transfers of personal data under Article 45 of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), the European Commission adopted an adequacy decision for the new EU-U.S. Data...more

McDermott Will & Emery

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

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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

Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP

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

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

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European Commission Adopts an Adequacy Decision for a New EU-U.S. Data Privacy Framework

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On July 10, 2023, the European Commission (“Commission”), which oversees and implements policies and laws of the European Union (“EU”), adopted an adequacy decision for the long-awaited EU-U.S. Data Privacy Framework...more

Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati

EU Regulators Adopt Opinion on Draft EU-U.S. Data Privacy Framework

Since the invalidation of the Privacy Shield framework in 2020 in the "Schrems II" case, the EU and the U.S. have been working to set up a new framework for data flows from the EU to the U.S. A draft of a new “Data Privacy...more

Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati

Political Agreement on a New Framework for EU-U.S. Personal Data Transfers

On March 25, 2022, the U.S. and EU announced that they reached a political agreement in principle on a new "Trans-Atlantic Data Privacy Framework" (the Framework). This would be the third framework for EU-U.S. personal data...more

Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati

European Commission Issues New SCCs for Data Transfers to Third Countries

On November 12, 2020, the European Commission (EC) issued a draft version of a new set of Standard Contractual Clauses (New SCCs). The long-awaited New SCCs include several modules that companies can use depending on the...more

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

European Data Protection Board Forms Two New Taskforces to Address Schrems II Aftermath

On Friday September 4, 2020, the European Data Protection Board (EDPB), a body consisting of representatives of all the Data Protection Authorities (DPAs) in the European Economic Area, announced that it had formed two new...more

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Swiss Privacy Authority Considers Swiss–U.S. Privacy Shield No Longer Valid

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On September 8, 2020, the Swiss Federal Data Protection and Information Commissioner (FDPIC) announced that it no longer considers the Swiss-U.S. Privacy Shield (Swiss Shield) to provide adequate protections for transfers of...more

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U.S. Employers and the GDPR: Where Are We Now?

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Even though the General Data Protection Regulation (“GDPR”) became effective on May 25, 2018, its application to U.S.-based employers continues to evolve and increase in complexity. For U.S. employers of European Union (“EU”)...more

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German DPA Weighs In On The Schrems II Privacy Shield Decision

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Germany’s Datenschutzkonferenz (DSK) issues its guidance on Shrems II: •The transfer of personal data to the United States based on Privacy Shield is not permitted and must be discontinued immediately... ...more

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EDPB Issues Guidance For Cross-Border Data Transfers In Wake of Schrems II Judgment

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Keypoint: The EDPB’s FAQs resolve some open questions, such as whether there will be a grace period for companies relying on Privacy Shield, but raise other questions, such as what “supplementary measures” companies need to...more

Morgan Lewis

The eData Guide to GDPR: Binding Corporate Rules and Privacy Shield

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Global organizations need a clear, legal means to share data across borders, whether to conduct day-to-day business, comply with government regulations, perform under a contract, respond to lawsuits, or simply communicate and...more

Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati

And Then There Were None: Or How Schrems 2.0 May Invalidate the Standard Contractual Clauses and the Privacy Shield

On July 9, 2019, the European Court of Justice (ECJ)—the highest court of the European Union—will hear oral arguments in the Schrems 2.0 case relating to the validity of two key data transfer mechanisms: the Standard...more

Hogan Lovells

Insights from EU Data Protection Regulators – Update from Munich

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The IAPP conference in Munich on 19 September 2018 provided important insights into the work and views of the European Data Protection Board (EDPB)....more

Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP

GDPR’s Second Month – Privacy Shield, the Politics of Transatlantic Data Flows and Regulatory Enforcement

July 25 marks the end of the second month since the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) went into effect. Following recent revelations regarding certain data practices, and as data privacy and protection issues become...more

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European Parliament Calls to Suspend Privacy Shield

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On the heels of the Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs’ (LIBE) recent resolution, the full European Parliament on July 5 adopted a resolution calling for the suspension of the EU-U.S. Privacy Shield...more

Foley Hoag LLP - Security, Privacy and the...

Whither the Privacy Shield?

The EU-US Privacy Shield, a framework that allows companies to transfer personal data from the EU to the US in compliance with the GDPR, has been under fire for not providing adequate protection to EU citizens. As Foley...more

King & Spalding

EU-U.S. Privacy Shield Under Fire

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On June 12, 2018, following its extraordinary meeting the day before in Strasbourg, the European Parliament’s Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs Committee (“LIBE”) called on the European Commission (“Commission”) to...more

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GDPR: Everybody's Doing It—Shouldn't You?

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In just a few short days, on May 25, 2018, supervisory authorities in the European Union ("EU") will begin enforcement of the EU's General Data Protection Regulation ("GDPR"). The GDPR is a regulation enacted by the EU to...more

Mintz - Privacy & Cybersecurity Viewpoints

Still Thinking about GDPR?

We are now in the 10-day countdown to the GDPR enforcement date that we’ve been talking about since 2015. If you are a charter member of Procrastinators Anonymous, or just secretly hoped that this would all go away, the sands...more

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