Handley Gill’s specialist data protection consultants consider the implications of The Data Protection (Adequacy) (United States of America) Regulations 2023 (SI 2023/1028) for data exporters subject to the UK GDPR conducting personal data transfers from the UK to the USA and what action should be taken.

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

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