In the recent blog Finally Unlocking Transatlantic Data Flow: How the Adequacy Decision Impacts US and EU Companies we explain how this EU decision unlocked the transatlantic personal data flow from EEA and in near future UK and Switzerland to the US. But what does this unlocked flow mean for US companies that receive personal […]
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Finally Unlocking Transatlantic Data Flow: How the Adequacy Decision Impacts US and EU Companies
What is the adequacy decision for the EU-US Data Privacy Framework? An adequacy decision made by the European Commission under the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) determines whether a third country provides a level of data protection that is essentially equivalent to that guaranteed within the European Union. The decision is based on a comprehensive […]
Accountability Tracker
As your Article 27 Representative we will always help if you receive a SAR, RTE, or other data protection complaint. It is always best to avoid these all together but most companies will receive GDPR requests at some point. Disgruntled ex-employees, annoyed customers, malicious compensation-scammers are common sources of SARs and unfortunately these can result […]
EU Releases New Standard Contractual Clauses for Cross-Border Data Transfers
The European Commission published two sets of new standard contractual clauses (SCCs) governing cross-border data transfers and data exchanges between controllers and processors (i.e., service providers), marking the first updates to SCCs in more than a decade. The long-awaited new SCCs reflect evolved data protection laws such as the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), as […]
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Important – data transfers outside of the EU
If you transfer data outside of the EU, you now need to ensure that you have completed a risk assessment in addition to the Standard Contractual Clauses you should already have in place. The rules on data transfer changed at the end of July, which means action must be taken now. To help you get […]
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