EU-US Data Privacy Framework (DPF)

Today, the UK Department for Science, Innovation and Technology announced further details on the new transatlantic data flow mechanism for UK-to-US personal data transfers. In particular, the UK Secretary of State for Science, Innovation, and Technology today laid new adequacy regulations before the UK Parliament to give effect to the proposed arrangement. The deal, announced

On July 10, 2023, the European Commission (“Commission”) adopted an adequacy decision for the EU-US Data Privacy Framework (“DPF”). The DPF is the successor to the EU-US Privacy Shield, which the Court of Justice of the European Union (“CJEU”) declared invalid in 2020.

This adequacy decision reflects agreement by the Commission that the DPF offers

The European Parliament adopted a Resolution on 11 May 2023 against the adoption of an EU adequacy decision for the US based on the EU-US Data Privacy Framework (DPF). The Resolution comes after an analysis by the European Parliament of the Executive Order on Enhancing Safeguards For United States Signals Intelligence Activities (EO 14086), which