On July 10, the European Commission (EC) published its data adequacy decision for the new EU-U.S. Data Privacy Framework (EU-U.S. DPF). This means that companies can transfer personal data from EU countries and from Iceland, Liechtenstein and Norway to U.S. organizations participating in the EU-U.S. DPF consistent with EU law. It is also expected that
Biden’s Executive Order Implementing New EU-U.S. Data Privacy Framework to Replace Privacy Shield
By Kathleen Porter on
President Biden recently signed an executive order establishing the implementation of the new EU-U.S. Data Privacy Framework, which would provide for the possibility of the lawful transfer of personal data from the European Union (EU) to the United States (U.S.), while ensuring a strong set of data protection requirements and safeguards.[1] Once approved…
Privacy Shield’s prospects: the good, the bad, and the ugly
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This article courtesy of guest blogger Prof. Peter Margulies of Roger Williams University School of Law and originally appeared in the Privacy blog of The Lawfare Institute.
If the devil is in the details, then the announcement early Monday of the inner workings of the new US-EU data-transfer agreement, Privacy Shield, may lack the…