Using the new EU standard clauses to enable cross-border data export
From 27 June 2021, organisations will be able to adopt new ‘standard contractual clauses’ (SCCs) to permit lawful export of personal data from the EU …
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Data export: EU provides more clarity after Schrems II
In documents published last week, the EU provided some welcome clarity on how organisations should address the invalidation of Privacy Shield as a basis for …
EDPB guidance on ‘supplemental measures’ for data export
On 10 November, the European Data Protection Board adopted a recommendation on supplemental measures which might be used to ensure compliance with the EU level …
Exporting data from the EU after Schrems II: what to do now
As previously discussed, the European Court of Justice’s recent Schrems II decision both (i) invalidated the US privacy shield; and (ii) threw into question alternative …
European Court invalidates US Privacy Shield and questions blanket use of Standard Contractual Clauses
Schrems II disrupts data export from EU: on 16 July 2020, the European Court of Justice decided, overturning the 2016 Privacy Shield Decision of the European Commission, that the US Privacy Shield did not, and does not, provide an adequate level of protection for the transfer of personal data from the EU to the US.