On June 21, 2021, the European Data Protection Board published the final version of its recommendations on supplementary measures in the context of international transfer safeguards, such as Standard Contractual Clauses.
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China Issues Data Security Law
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After two rounds of public comments, the Data Security Law of the People’s Republic of China was formally issued on June 10, 2021, and will become effective on September 1, 2021. This blog entry provides highlights of the new law.…
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CJEU Issues Ruling on Jurisdictional Aspects of the GDPR’s One-Stop-Shop
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On June 15, 2021, the Court of Justice of the European Union released its judgment in case C-645/19 of Facebook Ireland Limited, Facebook Inc., Facebook Belgium BVBA v. the Belgian Data Protection Authority. We provide highlights of the case in this blog entry.…
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European Court of Human Rights Says Bulk Interception Is Not a Violation of Human Rights
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On May 25, 2021, the Grand Chamber of the European Court of Human Rights handed down its judgement in the case of Big Brother Watch and Others v. the United Kingdom, determining that the former surveillance regime in the UK violated Article 8 of the European Convention on Human Rights (i.e., the right to respect for private and family life).…
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European Commission Publishes Final Version of Updated Standard Contractual Clauses
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On June 4, 2021, the European Commission published the final version of the implementing decision on standard contractual clauses for transfers of personal data to third countries under the EU General Data Protection Regulation, as well as the final version of the new standard contractual clauses.…
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CIPL Submits Comments on China’s Updated Draft Personal Information Protection Law
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The Centre for Information Policy Leadership at Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP has submitted its response to the Standing Committee of the National People’s Congress of the People’s Republic of China on the updated version of the Draft Personal Information Protection Law.…
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Belgian DPA Approves First EU Data Protection Code of Conduct for Cloud Service Providers
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On May 20, 2021, the Belgian Data Protection Authority announced that it had approved the EU Data Protection Code of Conduct for Cloud Service Providers, the first transnational EU code of conduct since the entry into force of the EU General Data Protection Regulation.…
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Ecuador Approves Data Protection Law
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The Ecuadorian National Assembly has unanimously approved the Organic Law on Data Protection, which President Moreno is expected to sign.…
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China Issues Second Version of the Draft Personal Information Protection Law for Public Comments
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On April 29, 2021, China issued a second version of the draft Personal Information Protection Law. The draft will be open for public comments until May 28, 2021. …
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China Issues the Second Version of the Draft of Data Security Law for Public Comments
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On April 29, 2021, China issued a second draft version of the Data Security Law (“Draft DSL”). The Draft DSL will be open for public comments until May 28, 2021.
While the framework of this version of the Draft DSL is the same as the prior version issued on July 3, 2020, below we summarize the material changes in the second version of the Draft DSL.…
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