Certify...certify me!

Handley Gill’s specialist data protection consultants consider the options and certification requirements for US entities importing personal data from the EEA following the adoption of the European Commission’s adequacy decision in respect of the Trans-Atlantic EU-US Data Privacy Framework, providing a lawful basis for transferring personal data to the US under the GDPR.

Nicola Cain16 July 2023Data Protection, Data Privacy, PERSONAL DATA, GDPR, General Data Protection Regulation, GENERAL DATA PROTECTION REGULATION, Regulation (EU) 2016/679, Data Transfer, Restricted International Data Transfers, Restricted Data Transfer, International Transfers, International data transfers, US Data Transfers, EU-US DPF, EU-US Data Privacy Framework, SCCs, Modernised SCCs, Supplementary Measures, Transatlantic Data Privacy Framework, Trans-Atlantic Data Privacy Framework, Transfer Risk Assessment, Transfer Impact Assessment, Transfer Risk Assessment Tool, Data transfer agreement, TADPF, Trans-Atlantic EU-US Data Privacy Framework, Trans-Atlantic EU-US Data Privacy Framework Principles, DPF Principles, Privacy Shield, Privacy Shield Principles, EU-US DPF Certification, Privacy Shield Certification, Privacy Shield Self-Certification, Schrems II, Personal Data Transfer, Personal Data Export, Data exporter, Data Importer, Safe Harbor, Chapter 5 GDPR, Article 44 GDPR, Article 45 GDPR, Adequacy Decision, US Adequacy Decision, EUROPEAN COMMISSION, C(2023) 4745, TADPF Certification, Data Controller, Data Processor, Data ExporterComment

Freedom from the tyranny of supplementary measures

Handley Gill Limited’s specialist data protection consultants consider the impact of the European Commission’s adequacy decision in respect of the Trans-Atlantic EU-US Data Privacy Framework and the steps controllers and processors should take in relation to transfers of personal data from the EEA and UK to the USA.

Nicola Cain11 July 2023Data Protection, Personal Data, GDPR, General Data Protection Regulation, Regulation (EU) 2016/679, UK GDPR, UK GENERAL DATA PROTECTION REGULATION, Data Transfer, Personal Data Transfer, International Transfers, International data transfers, Safe Harbor, Privacy Shield, EU-US Data Privacy Framework, Transatlantic Data Privacy Framework, Trans-Atlantic Data Privacy Framework, Chapter 5 GDPR, Chapter 5 UK GDPR, Article 44 GDPR, Article 44 UK GDPR, Article 45 GDPR, Article 45 UK GDPR, Article 45(2) GDPR, Article 45(2) UK GDPR, Adequacy Decision, Schrems II, Adequacy Regulations, Section 17A Data Protection Act 2018, S.17A Data Protection Act 2018, S.17A DPA 2018, DPA 2018, Data Protection Act 2018, Standard contractual clauses, Standard data protection clauses, Supplementary Measures, Recommendations 01/2020 on measures that supplement transfer tools to ensure compliance with the EU level of protection of personal data, Transfer Risk Assessment, Transfer Impact Assessment, International Data Transfer Agreement, International Data Transfer Addendum, IDTA, SCCs, Modernised SCCs, Modernised Standard Contractual Clauses, Executive Order 14086, Qualifying State, TADPF, US Data Transfers, UK-US Data Bridge, Executive Order on Enhancing Safeguards for United States Signals Intelligence Activities, FISA 702, Prism, Upstream, EU-US DPF, Data Controller, Data Processor, Data exporter, Data ImporterComment

A bridge to nowhere?

A commitment to establishing a UK-US data bridge, which would take the form of adequacy regulations being issued by the Secretary of State pursuant to section 17A Data Protection Act 2018, has been announced. Since this bridge is likely to be contingent on the European Commission issuing its own adequacy decision, and the draft has recently been rejected by the European Parliament, data exporters will be reliant on the Commission ramming through the roadblock or will find themselves stuck in traffic on the UK-US data flyover.

Nicola Cain18 June 2023Data Protection, Personal Data, GDPR, General Data Protection Regulation, UK GDPR, UK GENERAL DATA PROTECTION REGULATION, Privacy Shield, Schrems II, Transatlantic Data Privacy Framework, Adequacy Decision, EUROPEAN COMMISSION, Safe Harbor, Adequacy Regulations, UK Adequacy, Executive Order on Enhancing Safeguards for United States Signals Intelligence Activities, Executive Order On Enhancing Safeguards For United States Signals Intelligence Activities, EU-US Data Privacy Framework, UK-US Data Bridge, Chapter 5 GDPR, Chapter 5 UK GDPR, Article 45 GDPR, Article 45 UK GDPR, Article 46 GDPR, Article 46 UK GDPR, Data Protection Act 2018, Section 17A Data Protection Act 2018, s17A Data Protection Act 2018, Qualifying State, Executive Order 14086, TADPF, European Parliament, Committee on Civil Liberties, Committee on Civil Liberties Justice & Home Affairs, LIBE Committee, European Data Protection Board, EDPB, Opinion 5/2023, German-American Data Protection Day, DoJ, Department of Justice, Standard contractual clauses, Standard data protection clauses, Supplementary Measures, Transfer Risk Assessment, Transfer Impact Assessment, Derogation, Data Transfer, Data transfer agreement, US Data Transfers, International Transfers, International data transfers, International Data Transfer Risk Assessment, Data Controller, Data Processor, Data exporter, Data ImporterComment

See ya SCCs, enter the IDTA

New data processing or other sharing agreements governed by the UK GDPR, which are entered into on or after Thursday 22 September 2022 and which involve the export of personal data from the UK to third countries and will rely on appropriate safeguards under Article 46 UK GDPR in the form of standard data protection clauses, can no longer rely on the standard contractual clauses (SCCs) or ‘model clauses’ issued by the European Commission and valid as at 31 December 2020 and must instead incorporate the International Data Transfer Agreement or modernised SCCs and International Data Transfer Addendum.

Nicola Cain20 September 2022Data Protection, Data Protection Act 2018, GDPR, UK GDPR, General Data Protection Regulation, UK General Data Protection Regulation, EUROPEAN COMMISSION, Information Commissioner, SchremsII, Schrems II, Standard contractual clauses, SCCs, Modernised Standard Contractual Clauses, Modernised SCCs, International data transfers, International Data Transfer Agreement, IDTA, International Data Transfer Addendum, International Data Transfer Risk Assessment, Article 46 UK GDPR, Article 46 GDPR, Model clauses, European Commission Decision 2001/497/EC, European Commission Decision 2010/87/EU, Brexit, UK-EU Withdrawal Agreement, Article 46(2)(c) UK GDPR, Article 46(2)(d) UK GDPR, Article 46(2)(d) GDPR, Standard data protection clauses, The Data Protection Privacy & Electronic Communications (Amendments etc) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (SI 2019/419), Schedule 21 Part 3 para.7 Data Protection Act 2018, Data transfer agreement, Data exporter, Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2021/914, Data Controller, Data Processor, Data Exporter, Data ImporterComment