Executive Order

Background

On October 7, 2022, US President Joe Biden signed the Executive Order on Enhancing Safeguards for United States Signals Intelligence Activities (the Executive Order), introducing new safeguards to protect the personal data shared between the EU and the US.

The Executive Order is the first tangible step towards a new transatlantic framework for personal data transfers, following the March 25, 2022, joint announcement by the European Commission president, Ursula von der Leyen, and US President Biden that they had reached an agreement in principle on a successor to the Privacy Shield.

While details of the actual content leaked over time, here is a summary of what the Executive Order is providing, but, more importantly, what the signature of the order means, not only for those who will be able to certify to the revised Privacy Shield, but also for all others.
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Earlier today, President Biden issued the Executive Order that is expected to lay the groundwork for the replacement for Privacy Shield.   

Key Takeaway 

President Biden issued an Executive Order to help pave the way for a new mechanism to transfer personal data subject to EU data protection law from the EU to the US. Whether and when the new mechanism will be available for US businesses remains to be seen.…

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