Unlocking global data privacy interoperability with CBPRs
(May 1, 2024) In our digitally connected world, safeguarding personal data is essential. The question is, how can government and business collaborate to achieve this criti... Read More
Op-ed: The value in Global CBPR Forum participation
(May 1, 2024) The Global Cross-Border Privacy Rules Forum is seeking to connect the dots for the international free flow of data through its own rules framework and its ne... Read More
Council of the European Union adopts data transfer framework with Japan
(Apr 30, 2024) The Council of the European Union adopted a protocol allowing for free data flows between the EU and Japan as part of an economic partnership agreement. The ... Read More
CNIL introduces BCR self-assessment tool
(Apr 30, 2024) France's data protection authority, the Commission nationale de l'informatique et des libertés, introduced a self-assessment tool for binding corporate rules... Read More
Global CBPR Forum participants designate accountability agents
(Apr 30, 2024) The Global Cross-Border Privacy Rules Forum marked its second anniversary by announcing the appointment of accountability agents working in five jurisdiction... Read More
ByteDance prefers US TikTok ban over divesture
(Apr 26, 2024) TikTok's parent company, ByteDance, would rather face a full shutdown in the U.S. than divest itself of the app and sell its algorithm once all reasonable le... Read More
MEPs weigh in on proposed UK data transfer changes
(Apr 25, 2024) In a letter to the U.K. House of Lords, the European Parliament Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs said changes to the U.K.'s data flow p... Read More
EDPB issues guidance on EU-US Data Privacy Framework redress processes
(Apr 24, 2024) The European Data Protection Board published guidance on redress processes for EU claims under the EU-U.S. Data Privacy Framework. The guidance documents inc... Read More
Biden signs bill to force TikTok sale, block sensitive data transfers to foreign adversaries
(Apr 24, 2024) U.S. President Joe Biden signed legislation wi... Read More
Notes from the Asia-Pacific region, 19 April 2024
(Apr 18, 2024) Hello, privacy pros. It was great to reconnect with old friends at the IAPP Global Privacy Summit in Washington, D.C., and meet some new faces too. Back from... Read More