Yesterday, on August 10, 2020, the European Commission (“Commission”) and the Department of Commerce (“DoC”) issued a joint statement announcing they are beginning discussions to evaluate potential enhancements to the EU-U.S. Privacy Shield framework. These discussions have begun to address compliance with the recent Schrems II decision by the Court Justice of the European Union
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Court Of Justice of European Union (CJEU) Issues Schrems II Decision, Validating Standard Contractual Clauses, Invalidating EU-US Privacy Shield under GDPR
On July 16, 2020, the Court of Justice of the European Union (“CJEU” or “Court”) issued a significant judgment in Case C-311/18 (“Schrems II decision”) on the adequacy of protection provided by the EU-US Data Protection Shield. The court concluded that the Standard Contractual Clauses (“SCCs”) issued by the European Commission for the transfer of…