The new framework provides an additional route for personal data transfers from the EEA to the US. By Robert Blamires, Gail E. Crawford, James Lloyd, Clayton Northouse, Alice Brunning, Alexander Ford-Cox, and Jennifer Howes On 10 July 2023, the European Commission (EC) took the final step to enable businesses to start relying on the new … Continue Reading
Companies have three months to prepare to use the latest standard contractual clauses for new data transfers, and 18 months to migrate existing arrangements. By Gail Crawford, Fiona Maclean, Danielle van der Merwe, and Amy Smyth On 4 June 2021, the European Commission released its much-anticipated final Implementing Decision containing the new standard contractual clauses … Continue Reading
The European Commission has published draft updated standard contractual clauses in light of the Schrems II decision. By Gail Crawford, Ian Felstead, Fiona Maclean, Serrin Turner, Tim Wybitul, Victoria Wan, and Amy Smyth On 12 November 2020, the European Commission (the Commission) published a draft implementing decision, annexing a draft set of updated standard contractual … Continue Reading
Speakers: Gail Crawford, Jennifer Archie, Ulrich Wuermeling On October 6, 2015, the European Court of Justice invalidated the EU Commission’s decision that had allowed companies to transfer personal data from the EU to the United States under the EU-US Safe Harbor Framework. Two months on, various bodies and EU privacy regulators have issued guidance, including … Continue Reading
A day-long conference on European data protection will be held in Berlin on May 7. Representatives of the European Commission and the Parliament, as well as EU member countries and legal practitioners will be taking part in the 2nd European Data Protection Day, organized by Euroforum. Privacy partner Ulrich Wuermeling, based in Latham’s Frankfurt office, … Continue Reading
By Justin Cornish, Alice Marsden, Brian Meenagh On February 26, 2012 the Office of the Commissioner of Data Protection (OCDP) for the Dubai International Financial Centre (DIFC) published its Strategic Plan for 2012-14. One of the key statements in the Strategic Plan is the statement of the OCDP’s intention to apply to the European Commission … Continue Reading
