Bloomberg, October 27, 2020. Around the world, companies have been able to expand their global footprints in part by transporting troves of customer data, like payroll information or business contracts, internationally. Now, such transfers are increasingly under threat in Europe. Read more

MLex, October 27, 2020. European data regulators will issue guidance “very soon” on how EU-based data exporters should implement a landmark EU court decision that puts new obligations on those exports, a senior EU official said today. Read more

EuroNews, October 7, 2020. How the EU updates its digital trade policy, especially on international data transfers, could have big impacts globally—on the emergence of multilateral digital trade rules, on privacy, and on COVID-19 recovery efforts. Read more

Mlex, July 17, 2020. More than two dozen business associations are calling on the US Department of Commerce to replace the now-defunct Privacy Shield with a new legal mechanism for trans-Atlantic commercial data flows. Read more