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On June 28, 2021, the European Commission adopted two adequacy decisions for the United Kingdom, one under the GDPR and another under the Law Enforcement Directive. Their adoption means organizations in the EU can continue to transfer personal data to organizations in the UK without restriction, and will not need to rely upon data transfer mechanisms, such as the SCCs, to ensure an adequate level of protection.…
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Earlier this month, the Belgian Data Protection Authority released its 2020 Annual Report, which showed the Belgian DPA’s focus on the supervision of initiatives to fight the COVID-19 pandemic involving data processing, while not losing sight of its other priorities outlined in its Strategic Plan 2020-2025.…
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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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On May 11, 2021, the European Parliament issued a press release requesting that the European Commission amend its draft decisions on UK adequacy to more closely align with EU court rulings and the opinion of the European Data Protection Board. The request came after the Parliament’s Civil Liberties Committee passed a resolution evaluating the Commission’s approach regarding the adequacy of the UK’s data protection regime.…
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The European Commission has published its Proposal for a Regulation on a European approach for Artificial Intelligence. The Proposal follows a public consultation on the Commission’s White Paper on AI published in February 2020. The Commission simultaneously proposed a new Machinery Regulation, designed to ensure the safe integration of AI systems into machinery.…
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The European Data Protection Board has adopted its Opinion on the draft UK adequacy decision issued by the European Commission on February 19, 2021. The EDPB’s Opinion is non-binding but will be persuasive. The adequacy decision will be formally adopted if it is approved by the EU Member States acting through the European Council. If the adequacy decision is adopted, transfers of personal data from the EU to the UK may continue without the implementation of a data transfer mechanism under the EU General Data Protection Regulation, such as Standard Contractual Clauses. …
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On March 25, 2021, the Centre for Information Policy Leadership at Hunton Andrews Kurth organized an expert roundtable on the EU Approach to Regulating AI–How Can Experimentation Help Bridge Innovation and Regulation? Roundtable panelists explored how methodologies, such as policy prototyping and regulatory sandboxes, can help create the right rules and frameworks and interpret them constructively for regulating AI in a way that enables responsible innovation and risk mitigation.…
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The concept of regulatory sandboxes has gained traction in the data protection community. Since the UK Information Commissioner’s Office completed its pilot program of regulatory sandboxes in September 2020, two European Data Protection Authorities have created their own sandbox initiatives following the ICO’s framework.…
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