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DOJ Publishes Final Rule Restricting Bulk Cross-Border Data Transfers of Sensitive Data to Foreign Persons

On April 8, the U.S. Department of Justice’s (DOJ) Final Rule, codified at 28 CFR Part 202, (Final Rule), implementing President Biden’s Executive Order 14117 “Preventing Access to U.S. Sensitive Personal Data and...more

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DOJ Rule Restricting Sensitive Data Transfers Takes Effect

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Today, April 8, 2025, the U.S. Department of Justice’s Final Rule restricting transfers of bulk sensitive personal data and U.S. government-related data becomes effective, implementing former President Biden’s Executive Order...more

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Data in the Balance: Political Influence on EU-U.S. Data Transfers

In politically uncertain times, is your organisation’s data transfer compliance unquestionable? The EU-U.S. Data Privacy Framework (DPF) serves as a useful mechanism for transatlantic data transfers, and it can assist...more

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United States Looks Towards its First Cross-Border Data Transfer Regime with New Executive Order

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President Biden issued an Executive Order last month calling on the DOJ and relevant government agencies to tighten regulations on bulk data transfers to “countries of concern.” In late February, President Biden issued...more

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Data Privacy + Cybersecurity Insider - March 2024 #2

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CYBERSECURITY - CISA, FBI + MS-ISAC Issue Warning on Phobos Ransomware - To help organizations protect against ransomware, CISA, the FBI, and the Multi-State Information Sharing and Analysis Center (MS-ISAC) released a...more

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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

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President Biden Issues Executive Order Empowering DOJ to Regulate the Export of Sensitive Personal Data

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On February 28, 2024, President Joe Biden issued Executive Order (“EO”) 14117, empowering the Department of Justice (DOJ) to regulate the export of certain consumer data, in order to prevent certain countries’ governments...more

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New Executive Order Seeks to Protect Americans' Sensitive Personal Data

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On February 28, 2024, President Biden signed Executive Order 14117 on "Preventing Access to Americans' Bulk Sensitive Data and United States Government-Related Data by Countries of Concern" (the EO).1 The EO calls for the...more

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Executive Order Prohibits Transfer of Sensitive Personal Data to “Countries of Concern”

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On February 28, 2024, U.S. President Joe Biden issued Executive Order on Preventing Access to Americans’ Bulk Sensitive Personal Data and United States Government-Related Data by Countries of Concern (EO), which authorizes...more

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New Executive Order to Block Businesses From Transferring Data to China and Other Countries of Concern – 4 Steps to Comply

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President Biden just issued an Executive Order that will lead to new restrictions on transferring sensitive personal data to China and other “countries of concern” – and it may create massive new compliance obligations for...more

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Is the Third Time the Charm? The EU-US Data Privacy Framework

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On July 10, the European Commission issued an adequacy decision on the EU-US Data Privacy Framework (DPF), ensuring adequate protection for personal data transferred from the European Union to the United States. This decision...more

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Client Alert: European Commission’s Adequacy Decision Sets Standards for US Companies to Receive Personal Data from EU Under the...

On July 10, 2023, the European Commission concluded that the US ensures an adequate level of protection for personal data transferred from the European Union to US companies under the new EU-US Data Privacy Framework. Based...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

Where Do We Stand?: EU to US Data Transfers

The process for data transfers from the EU to the US under Standard Contractual Clauses has been back in the news recently, leading many to ask: will the proposed EU-US Data Privacy Framework be approved by the Europeans...more

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New EU-US Data Privacy Framework

The European Commission has published its long-awaited draft of the new EU-US Data Privacy Framework, available here. The Data Privacy Framework will replace the Privacy Shield decision that was invalidated in July 2020 by...more

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President Biden Issues Executive Order Providing for New EU-U.S. Data Privacy Framework

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

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[Webinar] EU / U.S. Data Transfers – Update - November 1st, 10:30 am - 11:30 am EST

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Join us for a webinar where we will focus on the details of the recently finalised and published Executive Order to Implement the European Union-U.S. Data Privacy Framework. Alongside Alex Brown of UK-headquartered...more

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President Biden Signs Long-Awaited Data Transfer Executive Order

Key Points - President Biden has signed the long-awaited executive order implementing U.S. commitments to the new successor agreement to the Privacy Shield, the EU-U.S. Data Privacy Framework—a historic step in respect of...more

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Biden Executive Order Seeks to Solidify European Union-U.S. Data Privacy Framework

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After a two year absence of a legal framework for transferring personal data from the EU to the U.S., President Biden signed an Executive Order on Enhancing Safeguards for United States Signals Intelligence Activities (the...more

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Reviving the Privacy Shield? New US Executive Order Seeks Reinstatement of Privacy Shield for EU-US Data Transfers

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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

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President Biden Enacts New Executive Order On EU-US Data Flow Agreement; EU Adequacy Decision Forthcoming

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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

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New Executive Order Aims to Restore U.S.-EU Data Privacy Agreement

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On October 7, President Biden signed an Executive Order directing the federal government to implement U.S. commitments under the European Union-U.S. Data Privacy Framework (EU-U.S. DPF). The new Executive Order enhances...more

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Update on the EU-US Data Privacy Framework

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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

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President Biden Signs “Privacy Shield” Executive Order to Address European Concerns Over Surveillance Practices in the United...

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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

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Top Privacy Law Issues in 2022 as Congress Debates a Federal Law

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Will 2022 be the year for a national privacy law? We are seeing new federal proposals, ongoing negotiations about key issues such as a private right of action and state pre-emption, and new activity at the state level. There...more

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[Virtual Event] 9th McDermott International Japan Seminar Series - January 21st - February 4th, 10:00 am - 11:00 am JST

In light of the COVID-19 pandemic, our 9th McDermott International Seminar Series will be held as a virtual series, with eight sessions taking place between January 21 – February 4, 2021. Though we cannot see you in person,...more

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