After a long period of negotiation, the United Kingdom (UK) and the European Union (EU) have reached a deal on the sharing of personal data, only a few days before the end of the Brexit transition period. The agreed trade deal allows for the continued free flow of personal data from the EU to the … Continue Reading
On 23 January 2019, the European Commission adopted an adequacy decision for Japan, with immediate effect. The decision certifies Japan as having a comparable level of data protection to that of the European Union. On the same day, Japan adopted an equivalent decision regarding the EU’s data protection regime. This is the first example of … Continue Reading
On 28 November 2017, the Article 29 Working Party (‘WP29’) published a working document updating its previous guidance on transfers of personal data to third countries (WP12), (‘WP29 Document’). WP29 has reviewed its earlier guidance in the context of the General Data Protection Regulation (‘GDPR’) and recent case law of the European Court of Justice … Continue Reading
Early last month, the European Commission tabled proposed amendments to its existing decisions on the adequacy of third countries’ data protection laws, and to its decisions on the EU standard contractual clauses. When the CJEU invalidated the EU-U.S. Safe Harbor framework in the Schrems decision last year, it set in motion a review of all … Continue Reading
This post was written by Nick Tyler. The EU Commission has recently approved Israel as a country providing “an adequate level of protection for personal data transferred from the European Union”. This follows a lengthy process which was nearly derailed, after Irish Government objections, following the assassination in Dubai last January of a Hamas official … Continue Reading
