Regulation

On July 16, 2020, the Court of Justice of the European Union issued a judgment declaring the inadequacy of the protections provided by the EU-US Privacy Shield Framework. Privacy Shield was developed by the US Department of Commerce and the European Commission to facilitate compliance with personal data protection requirements when transferring personal data from the European Union to the United...

In accordance with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), contractual clauses ensuring appropriate data protection safeguards can be used as a basis for data transfers from the EU to third countries. These include standard contractual clauses (SCCs) – that have been “pre-approved” by the European Commission. On 4 June 2021, the European Commission updated the SCCs that were adopted under Data...