The invalidation of the EU-US Privacy Shield by the EU Court of Justice in 2020 created significant legal uncertainty.  Companies had to rely on other mechanisms to transfer personal data to the US, particularly the Standard Contractual Clauses. However, regulators typically considered these other mechanisms insufficient. This was demonstrated most notably by the record 1,2 billion Euro fine that was recently imposed on Meta for violation of the GDPR’s data transfer restrictions.

The long-awaited Data Privacy Framework allows companies to lawfully transfer EU personal data to the U.S., and makes EU-US data transfers seamless for US businesses that will choose to self-certify.

Items that will be covered during the webinar include:

• An overview of the new EU-US Data Privacy Framework
• What type of businesses may benefit from the EU-US Data Privacy Framework
• Practical considerations for US companies, including enforcement of the new EU-US Data Privacy Framework
• Interplay between the EU-US Data Privacy Framework and other data transfer mechanisms (e.g., Standard Contractual Clauses)