On November 18, 2021, the European Data Protection Board (EDPB) adopted its new draft guidance on the interplay between Article 3 of the European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and Chapter V of the same law. This new guidance specifies that personal data processing by organizations in countries outside the European Economic Area (EEA) is … Continue Reading
On June 4, 2021, the European Union’s (EU) executive branch, the European Commission (EC), released their new Standard Contractual Clauses (SCCs) for compliant cross-border data transfers under the EU’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), ending a long wait for revised SCCs. The new SCCs resolve certain practical issues companies faced when using the older versions but … Continue Reading
With a “No Deal” Brexit seeming more likely than ever after the UK Parliament voted down a proposed deal in January 2019, concerns are rapidly multiplying about the effects of such a withdrawal from the EU for organizations doing business in the UK, and how those organizations will address numerous practical issues, privacy and data … Continue Reading