On July 29, the Directorate of Defense Trade Controls (DDTC) of the US Department of State proposed a new definition of the term “defense service.” The International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR) imposes a license...more
On October 7, 2022, President Biden signed Executive Order (EO) 14086, “Enhancing Safeguards for United States Signals Intelligence Activities,” which provides a new framework for legal data transfers between the European...more
On October 7, President Joe Biden signed an Executive Order (EO) on Enhancing Safeguards for United States Signals Intelligence Activities, which is intended to move forward next steps in the EU US Privacy Shield Framework...more
There is new hope for companies that transfer data from Europe to the United States that the return of a less administratively burdensome mechanism is on the horizon...more
US President Joseph Biden signed the long-anticipated Executive Order on Enhancing Safeguard for United States Signals Intelligence Activities (EO) on October 7, 2022, providing enhanced protections in an effort to restore...more
The Executive Order hopes to address what had been shortcomings in the previous Safe Harbor and Privacy Shield programs that were struck down by EU courts in 2015 and 2020 respectively. On October 7, 2022, President...more
The White House has issued its Executive Order on Enhancing Safeguards for United States Signal Intelligence Activities (“EO”), which provides additional due process protections to the use of surveillance mechanisms by U.S....more
On October 7, 2022, President Biden signed an Executive Order (“EO”) implementing the new trans-Atlantic EU-U.S. Data Privacy Framework (“EU-U.S. DPF”). The EU-U.S. DPF, previously announced by President Biden and the...more
On October 7, 2022, President Biden signed an Executive Order on “Enhancing Safeguards for United States Signals Intelligence Activities,” establishing new privacy safeguards and oversight mechanisms for foreign intelligence...more
Effective June 12, 2017, executive branch agency employees, contractors and subcontractors who have access to classified information or hold sensitive positions must report personal trips abroad as well as a wide range of...more