The Bottom Line As a result of Brexit, the UK has introduced its own new documents to govern certain cross-border transfers of personal data.Businesses need to be aware of the similarities and differences between the EU and UK approaches. After Brexit took effect last year, the United Continue Reading
European Commission Adopts Revisions to Standard Contractual Clauses
The Bottom Line The European Commission (Commission) issued updated Standard Contractual Clauses (SCCs) on June 4, 2021. The long-awaited announcement follows a 2020 decision by the EU’s highest court to overturn the EU-US Privacy Shield Framework (Privacy Shield), which previously allowed for Continue Reading
EU-U.S. Data Transfers Post Schrems II
The Bottom Line In July, the EU-US Privacy Shield was invalidated by the Court of Justice of the European Union (the Court) (see our prior alert). While the Court upheld the Standard Contractual Clauses (SCC’s) as a sufficient transfer mechanism, it indicated that supplementary measures, Continue Reading
Schrems II: The EU-US Privacy Shield Is a Thing of the Past
The Bottom Line The summer of 2020 is proving to be a busy time for privacy legislation and an exciting time for privacy enthusiasts. On the heels of the official California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) enforcement date on July 1st and the second anniversary of the European Continue Reading
European Commission Marks GDPR’s Second Anniversary with a Review and Possible Updates
The Bottom Line With all of the attention that’s been paid to the start of enforcement of the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA), it might be easy to have missed that it has been two years since the European General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) came into effect on May 25, Continue Reading