Cross-Border Data Flow

President Biden recently released an Executive Order “addressing the extraordinary and unusual national security threat posed by the continued effort of certain countries of concern to access Americans’ bulk sensitive personal data and certain U.S. Government-related data.”
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On February 20, 2024, The Centre for Information Policy Leadership at Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP and Theodore Christakis, Professor of International, European and Digital Law at University Grenoble Alpes, released a comprehensive study titled The “Zero Risk” Fallacy: International Data Transfers, Foreign Governments’ Access to Data and the Need for a Risk-Based Approach.
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Recent developments in the Shanghai Pilot Free Trade Zone to facilitate cross-border data transfers are expected to provide greater flexibility in exporting data from China, which has been stymied by the Cyberspace Administration of China’s strict cross-border data transfer regulations proposed in December 2023.
Continue Reading China Plans to Accelerate Cross-Border Data Transfers by Implementing Trial Rules in Shanghai Pilot Free Trade Zone

On October 18, 2023, the Centre for Information Policy Leadership published an opinion piece in the leading European policy outlet, Euractiv, titled “The Time is Now: Why modernising transatlantic cooperation on cross-border law enforcement access to electronic evidence should be a priority.”
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On July 19, 2023, the European Data Protection Board issued an Information Note regarding data transfers to the U.S. following the adoption of an adequacy decision on the EU-U.S. Data Privacy Framework on July 10, 2023.
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On July, 10 2023, the European Commission formally adopted a new adequacy decision on the EU-U.S. Data Privacy Framework, which follows years of intense negotiations between the EU and the U.S. after the invalidation of the EU-U.S. Privacy Shield by the CJEU in the Schrems II case.
Continue Reading BREAKING: EU Commission Adopts EU-U.S. Data Privacy Framework Adequacy Decision