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European Commission adopts “adequacy” decision for the EU-U.S. Data Privacy Framework (“DPF”)

On July 10, 2023, the European Commission adopted its adequacy decision for the EU-U.S. Data Privacy Framework (“DPF”). US companies that participate in the DPF will be deemed to provide “adequate protection” under Article 45 of the EU General Data Protection Regulation (“GDPR”) for personal data transfers received from the European Union (“EU”) and European Economic Area (“EEA”). Why did the EC need to adopt the adequacy decision for the DPF? As we have previously written, the…

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US Government Announces Full Implementation of New Privacy Safeguards under Executive Order 14086: The Path is Now Cleared for the European Commission to Adopt the Adequacy Decision for the EU-U.S. Data Privacy Framework

The US Office of the Director of National Intelligence (“ODNI”) announced today that it has fully implemented new safeguards under Executive Order 14086. See INTEL – ODNI Releases IC Procedures Implementing New Safeguards in Executive Order 14086. These steps clear the path for the European Commission to adopt the draft “adequacy decision” for cross-border data transfers pursuant to the EU-U.S. Data Privacy Framework. By way of brief background, in July 2020, the Court of Justice…

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EDPB Begins 2023 Coordinated Enforcement Action Focused on Data Protection Officers

April 6, 2023 by Brian Hengesbaugh, Cristina Messerschmidt, Alex Crowley, Francesca Gaudino and Vinod Bange 5 Mins Read

In brief The European Data Protection Board (EDPB) has begun the 2023 iteration of its annual coordinated enforcement action under the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). In coordination with twenty-six EDPB Supervisory Authorities (SAs), the EDPB will analyze the roles, tasks, resources, and positions of Data Protection Officers (DPOs) in public and private sector organizations. DPOs should expect to receive requests soon from Supervisory Authorities to respond to questionnaires intended to aid that analysis, describing…

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Data Protection Day – Key developments and trends for 2023

January 26, 2023 by Benjamin Slinn, Vinod Bange, Dr Lukas Feiler, Alissa Forstner, Liz Grimwood-Taylor, Anne-Marie Allgrove, Anne Petterd, Caitlin Whale, Adrian Lawrence, Toby Patten, Guillermo José Cervio, Valentina Salas, Valentina Biondi Grane, Elisabeth Dehareng, Caroline Serbanescu, Flavia Rebello, Theo Ling, Conrad Flaczyk, Nadia Rauf, Carolina Pardo, Magalie Dansac Le Clerc, Yann Padova, Florian Tannen, Dr Michaela Nebel, Prof. Dr. Michael Schmidl, Jiří Čermák, Milena Hoffmanová, Lenka Bešťáková, Francesca Gaudino, Yuki Kondo, Daisuke Tatsuno, Kensaku Takase, Dr. Csaba Vári, Marcia Lee, Benjamin Lau, Daniel Villanueva-Plasencia, Carlos Vela-Trevino, Elvia Aragon, Nathalja Doing, Teresa Tovar, Bienvenido A. Marquez III, Frederick August I. Jose, Radoslaw Nozykowski, Patricia Pérez, Peder Oxhammar, William Höglund, Emelie Ageby Svensson, Margarita Kozlov, Johanna Moesch (Mösch), Nadine Charrière, Muriel Binder, Jo-Fan Yu, Dhiraphol Suwanprateep, Pattaraphan Paiboon, Kritiyanee Buranatrevedhya, Thananya Chaikamonsuk, Can Sozer, Yigit Acar, Ecem Elver, Aybuke Gundel, Kellie Blyth, Maher Ghalloussi, Alex Toh, Ken Chia, Cristina Messerschmidt, Rachel Ehlers, Cynthia Cole, Brian Hengesbaugh, Stephen Reynolds, Nick Merker, Harry Valetk, Lothar Determann, Jonathan Tam, Helena Engfeldt, Maria Eugenia Salazar-Furiati, Manh Hung Tran and Jacqueline Wong 102 Mins Read

28 January 2023 is Data Protection Day (or Data Privacy Day outside of Europe), which marks the anniversary of the Council of Europe’s Convention 108. To mark Data Protection Day 2023, Baker McKenzie’s Global Data Privacy and Security Team is pleased to present this special edition update of key data protection and privacy developments and trends across the globe, as well summarising future legislative changes, predictions, and enforcement priorities to look out for during 2023.…

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Critical Steps for Increased Legal Certainty for EU to U.S. Personal Data Flows

In March 2022, U.S. and EU leaders reached an agreement in principle on a new accord to protect data flows entitled the Trans-Atlantic Data Privacy Framework (“EU-U.S. DPF”). Today, the US Government has taken important steps to implement this critical data flow framework, and strengthen legal certainty for EU to US personal data transfers. First, President Biden signed an Executive Order on “Enhancing Safeguards for United States Signals Intelligence Activities” (“EO”). The EO enhances privacy…

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Transparency Decree and and its implications for data privacy

September 29, 2022 by Francesca Gaudino, Valeria Benedetti del Rio and Chiara Leoni 2 Mins Read

As of August 13th, 2022, Legislative Decree No. 104 dated June 27th, 2022 (the so-called “Transparency Decree”), implementing Directive (EU) 2019/1152, came into force, establishing specific privacy obligations for employers, who make use of automated decision-making or monitoring systems.

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Podcast Episode: Privacy Notice Obligations – Are They Still Important?

May 5, 2022 by Harry Valetk, Dr Michaela Nebel and Francesca Gaudino 1 Min Read

In this episode, Harry Valetk is joined by partners Francesca Gaudino, based in Milan, and Michaela Nebel, based in Frankfurt, as they discuss privacy notice obligations. Listen in to hear about whether or not data privacy notifications are still relevant and other key considerations that may be overlooked including: How often companies and data protection officers should review their noticesEmployee vs. customer privacy noticesOnline vs. offline privacy noticesLanguage requirements and more https://open.spotify.com/episode/0oqo22X8U2xPCznVDqUJtp Want to Learn…

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Data Protection Day – Key developments and looking ahead to 2022

January 27, 2022 by Benjamin Slinn, Dr Michaela Nebel, Florian Tannen, Prof. Dr. Michael Schmidl, Magalie Dansac Le Clerc, Hugo Roy, Dr Lukas Feiler, Beat Koenig, Elisabeth Dehareng, Francesca Gaudino, Radoslaw Nozykowski, Nathalja Doing, Dr. Csaba Vári, Ilay Yilmaz, Can Sozer, Yigit Acar, Anne-Marie Allgrove, Liz Grimwood-Taylor, Dhiraphol Suwanprateep, Manh Hung Tran, Ken Chia, Alex Toh, Jacqueline Wong, Paolo Sbuttoni, Zhenyu Ruan, Kensaku Takase, Daisuke Tatsuno, Kellie Blyth, Arjun Patel, Theo Ling, Conrad Flaczyk, Nadia Rauf, Cristina Messerschmidt, Brian Hengesbaugh, Stephen Reynolds, Nick Merker, Harry Valetk, Michael Egan, Gary Hunt, Dominic Panakal, Alex Crowley, Justin Burgess, Daniel Villanueva-Plasencia, Carlos Vela-Trevino, Flavia Rebello, Suha Alwan and Nadine Bosshard 66 Mins Read

Friday 28 January 2022 is Data Protection Day (or Data Privacy Day outside of Europe), which marks the anniversary of the Council of Europe’s Convention 108. To mark Data Protection Day 2022, our Global Data Privacy and Security Team have provided a roundup of key trends and developments across the globe from a data protection perspective as well as looking ahead to what to expect in 2022. There are new laws and developments to keep…

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Italy: Green Pass or No Pass?

October 22, 2021 by Francesca Gaudino 6 Mins Read

Italy experienced one of the longest and most severe lock-downs during the peak of the pandemic. This made it be one of the first countries to launch a national contact tracing App (Immuni) and a national COVID Certificate (green pass) and from October 15, Italy has become the first European country which has made the green pass mandatory to access the workplace. After an intense period of discussions, on September 21st Decree No. 127/2021 introduced…

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Highlights from Day 2 of Global Privacy Assembly 2021 (GPA Mexico 2021)

October 21, 2021 by Carlos Vela-Trevino, Daniel Villanueva-Plasencia, Francesca Gaudino and Karla Guerrero 14 Mins Read

The 43rd edition of the Global Privacy Assembly, GPA Mexico 2021 co-sponsored by Baker McKenzie, kicked off Monday with a full slate of virtual presentations and discussions. The program included speakers from regulators and data protection authorities, the private sector, think tanks and advocacy groups, NGOs, and academia—and covered topics ranging from facial recognition to the impact of data protection on marginalized communities. In case you weren’t able to catch the proceedings we’ve compiled some…