Standard Contractual Clauses (SCCs)

The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) and the European Union (EU) have rolled out their completed joint guide on the ASEAN model contractual clauses (MCCs) and EU standard contractual clauses (SCCs).[1]

This is the second half of a two-part guide, with this latter segment focusing on implementation aspects of the MCCs and SCCs.

The UK government has published its “adequacy decision” to allow transfers of personal data from the UK to U.S. businesses that have completed certification to the EU-U.S. Data Privacy Framework (DPF). The UK’s adequacy decision creates a “UK Extension” to the DPF that takes effect on October 12, 2023, a little more than three months after the EU’s adoption of DPF. (Please see our DPF FAQS for more information about DPA.)Continue Reading The UK Adequacy Decision for the EU-U.S. Data Privacy Framework

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2023 State Privacy Laws: How to Assess and Ensure Readiness by Year-end

New topic for EDPB’s coordinated enforcement action:

In a CLE webinar earlier this week, Niloufar Massachi (Associate, Los Angeles) discussed evaluating, drafting, and updating vendor agreements to meet the privacy and security requirements of new US privacy laws and the GDPR.
Continue Reading Niloufar Massachi Discuss Vendor Contracting Requirements Under New US Privacy Laws and the GDPR