Privacy Shield Archives

Status Update on Privacy Shield Replacement

April 4, 2022
Editorial Team
Cross-Border Data Transfers, Data Governance, Data Protection, Data Security, Data Sharing, European Union, Privacy, Privacy Shield, US Regulatory, White House
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On March 25, the European Commissioner for Justice Didier Reynders, and U.S. Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo issued a joint statement announcing a preliminary replacement for the Privacy Shield framework. The Trans-Atlantic Data Privacy Framework will allow data transfers between…

Interest Groups Exert Influence as Support Grows for Federal Privacy Law

November 27, 2021
Michael Reinhardt
Amazon, Biometric, Chamber of Commerce, Cross-Border Data Transfers, Data Privacy, Legislation, Lobbying, Privacy Shield, State Laws, US Data Privacy Legislation

As calls for comprehensive national privacy legislation grow louder in the United States, Big Tech and Big Business are deploying armies of lobbyists and monied interests to influence state and federal legislation. Legislators from both parties have rallied around the need for stronger consumer protection laws. This sentiment was echoed at a recent hearing held…

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Switzerland and United Kingdom Issue Guidance for Data Transfers to SEC

August 19, 2021
Tim Crino
Compliance, Data Privacy, European Union, GDPR, Privacy Shield, SEC, Switzerland, United Kingdom

Businesses and organizations registered with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission are often required to share personally identifiable information (PII) with the regulatory body. But for entities that have operations outside of the U.S., complying with SEC requests has created a legal conundrum since the European Court of Justice’s Schrems 2.0 ruling–which invalidated the EU-U.S.…

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How to Comply With the EU’s New SCC Framework

July 23, 2021
Amy Willcox
Consumer Privacy, Data Privacy, Data Protection, GDPR, Privacy, Privacy Shield, US Regulatory

Since the Schrems 2.0 decision, any organization involved in the international transfer of personal data between the EU and America has been eagerly awaiting a new set of Standard Contractual Clauses (SCCs). In short, the SCCs previously used for such transfers were written before the implementation of the EU’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), so…

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EU Releases Draft Decision on UK Data Privacy Standards

February 27, 2021
Amy Willcox
Compliance, Cybersecurity, European Union, GDPR, Governance, Privacy Shield, United Kingdom

Since the start of 2021, post-Brexit data relationships between the European Union and the United Kingdom have been governed by The EU-UK Trade and Cooperation Agreement, which established a 4-6 month temporary period where data could flow freely between the two jurisdictions. Beyond that, the future was unclear. The grace period could have been extended…

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A Guide to New Draft SCCs–and the EDPB’s Response

February 11, 2021
Amy Willcox
Banks, Cybersecurity, Data Privacy, Data Protection, European Union, GDPR, International Agreements, Privacy Shield, Third Party Compliance, Uncategorized

Ever since the EU-US Privacy Shield was struck down in Schrems 2.o, companies have been scrambling to figure out how to safely transfer data in and out of the EU while remaining compliant with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). At this point, the general consensus is that transfers from the EU should only be…

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2020 News in Review

Week Ending December 28 ICO Warns SolarWinds Victims to Report Breaches The United Kingdom’s Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has issued a warning to organizations compromised by the SolarWinds breach. The breach, which was carried out by Russian hackers, affected more than 18000 organizations worldwide. ICO requires UK data controllers subject to NIS regulations to report…

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2021 Forecast for Data Privacy Legislation

December 22, 2020
Amy Willcox
CISO, Compliance, Consumer Privacy, COVID-19, Cybersecurity, Data Privacy, Data Protection, GDPR, Governance, International Agreements, Op-Ed, Privacy Shield

2020 was a massive year for data privacy. New laws became effective all around the world and, in turn, organizations were forced to amp up their data privacy measures to comply. Data privacy regulations are only getting stricter, and that won’t change any time soon. There is no reason to expect 2021 to be any…

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A New Framework for a Post-Privacy Shield Era

November 17, 2020
Tim Crino
Compliance, Data Privacy, Data Protection, Data Rights Management (DRM), European Union, GDPR, Privacy, Privacy Shield

Since the Schrems 2.0 case ended the EU-US Privacy Shield agreement, the companies that relied on the framework to transfer data between Europe and the U.S. have been left wondering what to do next. Can companies still rely on Standard Contractual Clauses (SCCs) for data transfers? If not, what alternatives do they have? The European…

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