In a draft adequacy decision, reported to have been seen by the Financial Times (FT), the European Commission (the “Commission”) is set to allow the continued free flow of data between the EU and UK, after confirming that the UK offers an adequate level of protection for personal data, pursuant to Article 45 of the … Continue Reading
Several important documents relating to the rules governing the transfer of EU personal data were published during the second week of November 2020 by the European Data Protection Board (EDPB) and the EU Commission. In addition, the EU Commission has also published new standard contractual clauses for use when transferring personal data between a controller … Continue Reading
Since the Court of Justice of the EU (“CJEU”) decided in its Schrems II ruling that the Privacy Shield is no longer valid and that EU Standard Contractual Clauses (SCC) can no longer be used without extra scrutiny and require the implementation of additional security measures by both the EU data exporter and the US … Continue Reading
Webinar – July 30, 2020 (8:30a PDT, 11:30a EDT, 4:30p BST, 5:30p CEST) Register Here The European Union’s highest court has ruled that the EU-US Privacy Shield data transfer mechanism is invalid. The court also ruled that another much-used transfer mechanism – the EU Standard Contractual Clauses (also known as Model Clauses) – is valid … Continue Reading
Many data controllers would like to use the consent of data subjects to transfer data to countries outside the European Economic Area. Has the General Data Protection Regulation 2016/679 (“GDPR”) made it easier use consent as a basis for international transfer than was the case under the Directive 95/46? Rules on international transfer under GDPR … Continue Reading
The European Parliament plenary adopted on 5 July 2018 the LIBE Committee’s Motion for Resolution on the EU-US Privacy Shield (‘Privacy Shield) indicating the general Parliament’s position towards its functioning. The non-binding resolution calls for the suspension of the Privacy Shield unless the US demonstrates compliance with its requirements by 1 September 2018. As per our … Continue Reading
On 12 June 2018, the Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs Committee (the ‘Committee’) of the European Parliament passed a Resolution, with a vote of 29 votes in favour, 25 opposed and 3 abstentions, calling on the European Commission to suspend the EU-US Privacy Shield arrangement (‘Privacy Shield’). The Resolution calls for the international data … Continue Reading
