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EU Commission Data Protection Adequacy Decision

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The European Commission has adopted a UK adequacy decision regarding personal data transfers from the EU to the UK. Personal data can continue to flow freely from the EU to the UK, as the data protection regime in the UK has been deemed to offer an equivalent level of personal data protection. This is good […]

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European Commission publish new Standard Contractual Clauses for exporting personal data outside the EEA

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What’s new? The European Commission released their finalised Standard Contractual clauses (“SCCs”), which will become effective on 27th June 2021. SCCs are the most commonly used mechanism to export personal data outside of the EEA/UK to countries that have not been deemed to have an “adequate” level of personal data protection for individuals. Following the […]

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