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Tag: Privacy Shield

Tag: Privacy Shield

Adequacy decision for safe data flows with the U.S

European Union starts process to adopt adequacy decision for safe data flows with the U.S.   The European Commission has launched the process to enable continued data transfers from the European Union to the United States, which existed under the EU-U.S. Privacy Shield. In its decision, the European Commission has recognized that the United States

EU-U.S. Data Privacy Framework; Executive Order signed

For Europeans whose personal data is transferred to the U.S., new binding safeguards are in order with the signing of a new Executive Order on ‘Enhancing Safeguards for United States Signals Intelligence Activities’ on October 7th, 2022. These binding safeguards address all the points raised by the Court of Justice of the EU, protecting EU

Executive order on transatlantic data transfers expected to be published by U.S. president

A shortly anticipated executive order on transatlantic data transfers from the US president is expected to impact EU-U.S. data transfers.   The United States is expected to publish its long-awaited executive order on transatlantic data transfers very soon, according to a report from Politico. A United States official, who was not authorized to discuss the

Meta considers EU shut down

Meta considers EU shut down in the absence of a framework for the storage of EU data on US servers.   Representatives from Meta have spoken up about the possibility of the company having to shut down Instagram and Facebook services in the EU, unless a framework is implemented which allows them to store EU

SCCs and Privacy Shield replacement updates, what can we expect?

SCCs and Privacy Shield replacement are both of paramount importance to trans-Atlantic data flows, however, right now the focus may be more on new SCCs.     Almost one year since the CJEU “Schrems II” decision, a new EU-US privacy shield may still be far off. However, with Standard Contractual Clauses being upheld and used quite