Closer to Free . . . From Burdensome EU-US Data Transfer Requirements?

On March 25, 2022, U.S. President Joe Biden and European Commission (EC) President Ursula von der Leyen announced their agreement in principle to replace the invalidated framework for EU-US data transfers known as the Privacy Shield.  Meanwhile, Austrian privacy activist Max Schrems, who led the Privacy Shield takedown, warned that insufficient material changes were made to U.S. law to make the new framework successful. For now, the EC has issued guidance on using Standard Contractual Clauses (SCCs) to comply with EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) data transfer requirements.   

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• NEW! Standard Contractual Clauses (SCCs) for Transfer of Personal Data to Third Countries (EU GDPR Compliant, Processor to Controller) (Processor Combines with Personal Data Collected by it in EEA)
  Use these SCCs for the transfer of personal data from a processor subject to the GDPR to a  controller that is not subject to the GDPR where the processor combines the personal data received from the third-country controller with personal data collected by the processor in the European Economic Area (EEA).

• NEW! Standard Contractual Clauses (SCCs) for Transfer of Personal Data to Third Countries (EU GDPR Compliant, Processor to Controller) (Processor Does Not Combine with Personal Data Collected by it in EEA)
  Apply these SCCs for the transfer of personal data from a processor subject to the GDPR to a controller not subject to the GDPR where the EEA processor does not (and will not) combine the personal data received from the third-country controller with personal data collected by the processor in the EEA.

• Standard Contractual Clauses (SCCs) for Transfer of Personal Data to Third Countries (EU GDPR Compliant, Controller to Processor)
  Adapt these SCCs for transfer of personal data from a data controller subject to the GDPR to a data processor outside the EEA not subject to the GDPR.

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