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International Data Transfers Remain Under EU and UK Regulatory Scrutiny

Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart,... on 9/26/2024

Organisations that make international transfers of personal data have undergone significant challenges and changes over the last few years. With the invalidation of the Privacy Shield agreement in 2020 and the introduction of...more

International Transfers of Personal Data After Schrems II: Practical Compliance Steps

Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart,... on 6/27/2024

Quick Hits Schrems II Recap Most people are now familiar with the Schrems II requirements to “know your transfers” and to protect personal data when such information is subject to processing (including remote access to...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

Adequacy for the US (kind of) – But What Are the Side Effects?

Seyfarth Shaw LLP on 7/26/2023

On July 10th, the European Commission issued its Implementing Decision regarding the adequacy of the EU-UD Data Privacy Framework (“DPF”). The Decision has been eagerly awaited by US and Europe based commerce, hoping it will...more

Data Transfers Permitted Across the Pond via New EU-U.S. Data Privacy Framework

Bond Schoeneck & King PLLC on 7/25/2023

On July 10, 2023, the European Commission adopted its adequacy decision on data transfers for the EU-U.S. (European Union/United States) Data Privacy Framework (DPF). The adequacy decision concluded that the United States...more

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

Bass, Berry & Sims PLC on 7/24/2023

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

Department of Commerce Launches the EU-U.S. Data Privacy Framework: Considerations for Multinational Employers that Transfer EU...

Littler on 7/20/2023

As of July 17, 2023, U.S.-based multinational employers that can access the personal data of their workforce members in the European Union (EU) via a human resources information system (HRIS), or otherwise transfer 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

European Commission’s Adequacy Decision Paves the Way for U.S. Companies to Begin Enrolling in the E.U.-U.S. Data Privacy...

Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP on 7/17/2023

The U.S. Department of Commerce’s Data Privacy Framework (DPF) program website went live on July 17, and contains guidance documents for those companies wanting to know the costs and benefits of enrollment in the DPF...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

Ready. Set. Flow: Green Light from the Commission for EU-U.S. Data Privacy Framework

Dechert LLP on 7/12/2023

On 10 July 2023, the European Commission announced a major development1 in EU-U.S. personal data transfer relations by adopting a long-anticipated adequacy decision2 for the EU-U.S. Data Privacy Framework (“DPF”). The...more

Part 2: Privacy in 2023 – What to Expect and How to Prepare

NAVEX on 3/3/2023

Data transfers - the new EU-U.S. data privacy framework A new EU-U.S. transatlantic data flow agreement is expected to be finalized by the spring of 2023. The EU-U.S. Data Privacy Framework will enable the flow of...more

Data Privacy Laws and Blocking Statutes: Five Practical Strategies for Counsel

HaystackID on 1/30/2023

Background Note: Data privacy has become a critical issue in the digital era, with laws and regulations constantly evolving. As a result, it’s important for cybersecurity, information governance, and legal discovery...more

One Step Closer to the new EU-US Data Privacy Framework

BCLP on 12/19/2022

Two and a half years after the Schrems II decision invalidated the EU-US Privacy Shield, the EU and US are inching closer to a replacement data transfer mechanism for EU to US personal data transfers. On 13 December 2022, the...more

European Commission Begins Process for Adoption of US Adequacy Decision

McDermott Will & Emery on 12/15/2022

Since Schrems II invalidated the US/EU Privacy Shield, the flow of personal data from the European Union to the United States has been subject to intense regulatory scrutiny. Companies transferring personal data to the United...more

New EU-US Data Privacy Framework

Mintz - Privacy & Cybersecurity Viewpoints on 12/14/2022

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

Privacy & Cybersecurity Update - October 2022

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP on 11/4/2022

In this month’s Privacy & Cybersecurity Update, we examine President Biden’s executive order to implement an EU-U.S. data privacy framework, the European Commission’s draft Cyber Resilience Act, the U.S. Treasury’s request...more

6 Things to Know About the New EU-U.S. Data Privacy Framework

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP on 10/26/2022

In early October, the United States (“U.S.”) and European Union (“EU”) came one step closer to the much-awaited new EU-US Data Privacy Framework (the “Framework”), designed to facilitate transatlantic data flows between the...more

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

Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart,... on 10/26/2022

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

Is Privacy Shield 2.0 on the Horizon?

BCLP on 10/24/2022

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

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

Benesch on 10/11/2022

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

President Biden Issues Executive Order on Signals Intelligence to Implement EU-US Data Privacy Framework

Balch & Bingham LLP on 10/10/2022

On October 7, 2022, President Biden signed an Executive Order on Enhancing Safeguards for United Sates Signals Intelligence Activities. The order aims to address concerns expressed by the Court of Justice of the European...more

Executive Order on EU-U.S. Data Sharing Signed

Wiley Rein LLP on 10/10/2022

On October 7, 2022, President Biden signed the Enhancing Safeguards for United States Signals Intelligence Activities Executive Order (Executive Order or EO), which implements the EU-U.S. Data Privacy Framework (EU-U.S. DPF)....more

GDPR Compliance: What is Privacy Shield 2.0?

Keating Muething & Klekamp PLL on 8/12/2022

Four years ago, the European Union (“EU”) began enforcement of the General Data Protection Regulation (“GDPR”). The GDPR is a comprehensive data privacy law enacted to create a standardized and cohesive data privacy framework...more

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